Name ____________________________    
     

Bones, Bones, What Do You Know?

Directions:  Click on the web address to find the answers to the questions below.
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

1. What are two purposes of bones?
 
 
 
 
       
2.  Your skull acts like a ____________________ for your brain.
       
3. I had _____________ bones when I was born.  As an adult, I have ________ bones because they have fused together.
       
4. How do you move?
 
 
 
       
5. Of what are bones made?
 
 
       
6. How many bones are in your hand? __________   Face? ___________
       
7. We have a backbone.  Do all critters have a backbone? Explain.
 
 
       
8. Write 2 more bone facts.
 
 
 
       
 

Activity created  by Nancy Shultz (3rd Grade teacher) and maintained by Barb Jones
 Bellevue Public Schools
March 21, 2007