Bones!

This artifact talks about how you can use bones with children to help them learn and explore. This is through a museum setting, but I think it could be applied to a school setting in a small... See More

This artifact talks about how you can use bones with children to help them learn and explore. This is through a museum setting, but I think it could be applied to a school setting in a smaller scale. i think it would be interesting to try and partner with a local zoo or someone who studies bones to have them come in for a week of the school year and lets the students explore. I love the idea of using bones and letting kids actually touch them because they don't usually see the bones., they just usually see the outside. This also provides students the opportunity to be involved in the inquiry process.

Talking Bones

This is an activity that might be offered to children through your local museum or zoo. Students study animal bones as they take on the roles of bone detectives to find out what their assig... See More

This is an activity that might be offered to children through your local museum or zoo. Students study animal bones as they take on the roles of bone detectives to find out what their assigned bones can tell them about the animals they came from. I found it very interesting to read about all the things you can discover about animals through a bone inspection. Special emphasis is place on the skulls of animals. There are a couple of worksheets/charts to help students draw conclusion about animals’ lifestyles by looking at their skulls. If you don’t have a local source for ‘borrowing’ bones, the article suggests other ideas for collecting enough animal bones to conduct the activity. One idea was to boil chicken bones. I think there is enough information provided in the article for a teacher to conduct this activity in his or her own classroom.