Lessons Learnt Journal » skeletons http://lessonslearntjournal.com Life with Kids Fri, 30 Dec 2016 05:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Skeletons: Preschool Science http://lessonslearntjournal.com/skeletons-preschool-science/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/skeletons-preschool-science/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:00:15 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=5806   Curiousity is the most marvellous ingredient in a teaching and learning scenario. It sparks questions, investigations and makes learning enjoyable. Figuring out those answers to the gaps in our understanding of the world is ever so satisfying.   After visiting the Skeleton Room of The Australian Museum, our boys have been fascinated with bones [...]

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Curiousity is the most marvellous ingredient in a teaching and learning scenario. It sparks questions, investigations and makes learning enjoyable. Figuring out those answers to the gaps in our understanding of the world is ever so satisfying.

 
After visiting the Skeleton Room of The Australian Museum, our boys have been fascinated with bones and skeletons. Following their lead, we plunged into some preschool science and introduced ourselves to the world of skeletons and bones.

 

 

Skeletons: Preschool Science

 

Learning Outcomes

 
Young children should be able to identify the major bones and their functions:

  • The skull protects the brain
  • The ribcage protects the heart and lungs.
  • The spine holds the body up.

 

 
Children should also know that bones can break, but they can also heal. The body makes tissues to heal broken bones. The tissue is soft to begin with and hardens over time. A cast helps keep the body still to let the bone heal properly. Sometimes, if bones are broken seriously, doctors put in some steel rods to support the broken bones to help them heal.

 
Ways we can care for our bones include:

  • Using protective gear like helmets, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards when playing sports.
  • Eating calcium-rich foods (e.g. milk, cheese, dark leafy green vegetables) helps build bones and keep them strong.
  • Vitamin D (from food and sunshine) helps the body absorb calcium.
  • Regular exercise also helps keep bones healthy.

 

Suggested Learning Experiences

 
A visit to a museum to look at bones. The best way to learn about bones is to see them (and if possible touch them). This allows students to observe, gather and synthesise new information for themselves.

 
Put together a skeleton. Using a print out of a human skeleton, cut it into the main body parts (skull, ribcage, arms, legs, etc) and let children place the various parts together, naming each major part and its’ function.

 

 
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 N&M: 4 years, 5 months
October 2012

 

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]]> http://lessonslearntjournal.com/skeletons-preschool-science/feed/ 1 The Australian Museum http://lessonslearntjournal.com/the-australian-museum/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/the-australian-museum/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=2027 Many moons ago, adorned with a gigantic corsage, I walked with my date to my high school formal. We walked up the stairs and entered a dimly lit area filled with Egyptian artefacts. “What a strange place to have a formal,” my date remarked. Little did I know some (many) years later, I would return [...]

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]]> Many moons ago, adorned with a gigantic corsage, I walked with my date to my high school formal. We walked up the stairs and entered a dimly lit area filled with Egyptian artefacts. “What a strange place to have a formal,” my date remarked. Little did I know some (many) years later, I would return with my formal date to this same place with our four children.

Some things are different: the gigantic corsage that once adorned my chest is replaced with a baby tightly wrapped to me with her sleepy wrap; my date’s responsibilities has extended from one young lady, to a lady and four young children.

The place however remains the same –
it is still filled with many strange and wonderful things.

SKELETONS


INSECTS

DINOSAURS

When N&M entered the dinosaurs exhibit they were taken aback (and a bit frightened) by the sheer size of the dinosaur bones. The dinosaur sounds playing throughout the exhibit also ensured they stayed close by.

     

     

They got to touch some dinosaur eggs and also dug up some dinosaur fossils.

DANGEROUS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

N, M & E spent a long time around a giant bench / touch screen. Different dangerous Australian animals would suddenly pop up and “bite” you.

KIDSPACE
A wonderful area for under 5’s to touch different artefacts and play.

      

M spotted some LIVE frogs!

The place remains the same,
it is still filled with many strange and wonderful things,
and since that first dance with the man who would be my husband,
many wonderful things have happened.

 

N&M: 3 years, 7 months
E: 1 year, 6 months
K: 1 month
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