You are about to travel through a variety of websites to find important information about the human body.  Before you start,  download the recording sheet that you will use to answer the questions.  Have a fun journey!

Destination #1: http://users.tpg.com.au/users/amcgann/body/skeletal.html

1. What are the 3 main functions (jobs) of the human skeleton?

Destination #2: ihttp://infozone.imcpl.org/kids_skel.htm#diagram

2. The human skeleton has 206 bones.  Which bone is the longest?

Destination #3: http://www.howstuffworks.com/hearing4.htm

3. The smallest bones in the human body are those in our ears.  What are their names? (There are three, and each one has a plain name and a fancy name.)

Destination #4: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW.html

4. What makes up the innermost layer of our bones?

5. What is its purpose?

Destination #5: http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/foot.html

6. Name 3 parts of your body that use hinge joints.

7. Name two parts of your body that use ball-and-socket joints.

Destination #6: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/skull.html

8. Another word for the skull is the cranium.  What is the most important job of the skull?

Destination #7: http://users.tpg.com.au/users/amcgann/body/muscular.html

9. How much of your body's weight is muscle?

10. How many muscles are in the human body?

Destination #8: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/HumanBody/index.html

Visit the FOSS website to play the game Mr. Bones.  Can you put the skeleton back together?

Destination #9: www.brainPOP.com/health/skeletal/skeleton/index.weml

Watch a terrific Web movie about the human skeleton system at the site above.  After watching the movie, take the quiz to see if you are a human body expert.

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