5th Grade Body Systems: Bones and Skeletons Lesson 11

5th Grade Body Systems Unit Blueprint

Lesson 11: Human Bones Revisited

Bones and Skeletons
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Human Body Systems
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Pacing Suggestions:
1 Day

Teacher Resources:
Tips

Essential & Unit Questions ¹

Benchmarks ²

Formative and Summative Assessments ³

Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning

Insights Bones and Skeletons

How are systems within a human like systems in an animal?

NSES (5-8): The human organism has systems for digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control and coordination, and for protection from disease. The systems interact with one another.

Science Notebook Page--Human Bones Revised (See page 151 for copy of sheet.)

Student self-reflection about learning thus far in this module (See Processing for Meaning on pages 149 & 150.)

Do students' drawings include the major bone groups?
Do students place the bones in appropriate positions?
Do students' drawings include some type of notation for joints? (Do the drawings show bones connected or are the bones all "floating" with the body?)

Note: This last bullet is critical because students should be building their understanding that the bones are part of a system that works together for movement. This point should be revealed in the students' reflection.

1. For conceptual benchmarks.
2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed
3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning.