Human Anatomy Unit Study: Skeletal System

We just wrapped up a unit on the human skeletal system. For Mecca the Great and Kinetic Kid it was there second time cycling through the skeletal system. I taught life science in a homeschool co-op 3yrs ago and we did life science(insects, human body, animals, plants). Pony Princess is just like her big brother Kinetic Kid. She is really into science especially the gory things. My little Smallville was able to identify the bones very well for his age. He even learned the different types of bone and that our blood is made inside the bone. He really enjoyed this unit. Mecca the Great went into the greatest details on this one with the vocabulary and learning more bones than the others. They are moving onto the muscular system next. Here is a list of the things we used for this unit:

Booklist

• Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology Fourth Edition( Chapter 6 The Skeletal System)
• The Skeleton Inside You (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)(library) 
• The Kingfisher First Human Body Encyclopedia (Kingfisher First Reference)(library)
• The Body Book: Easy-to-Make Hands-on Models That Teach( This book had information as well as reproducible printouts that we used to make our own skeletal system poster)
• Human Anatomy Coloring Book (Dover Children's Science Books)

Projects

Pasta Skeleton Project(Pinterest)

Experiments
(This experiment came from the DVD we checked out from the library)

Busy Body Experiment
What happens when minerals are take from your bones?
What we used:
2 chicken bones(from cooked chicken)
2 jars
water
vinegar
tape and label for jars
pencil
science journal
What we did:
Place each chicken bone in its own jar. Cover one bone with water and the other with vinegar. Leave them to sit for at least 4 days. You can check back periodically and notate any changes in your science journal. 
Results
What should happen is the one is the vinegar will demineralize and become flexible and the one in water will stay firm and rigid.

Worksheets/ Printables
Label Human Skeleton 

Media/ Websites
Human Body in Action Skeletal & Muscular System DVD( library)
Make Me Genius The Skeletal System
Bozeman Science Skeletal System