The Big Story on Bones

About the Human Skeleton

Human Skeleton - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Skelprintout.shtml

Bones of the Human Body - http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/HumanBody/BodyBones.htm

The Skeletal System (including information on the inside of a bone) - http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/skeletal.html

The 5 functions of bones and the difference between moveable and immovable joints. - http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/skeleton.html

You and your bones: - http://www.community.k12.mo.us/webquest/daly/quest.htm

Click on the Skeletal System to see how it works! - http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=29673&ps=110

More on the Skeletal System! - http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/skelweb/skel01.html

How do my bones move?

What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? How many bones do humans have? How do bones move? - http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

Joints in the Human Skeleton - http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0008.html#Link

Skeleton- joints: click on the different kinds of joints and use the arrows to see how they move! - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/joints/ball_and_socket_joint.shtml

All about JOINTS - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/ske7.htm?tqskip=1

Joints-how they affect movement. What are the types of joints. - http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/grade10/manphys/joints.htm

How do bones grow?

Bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and growth: - http://www.smartplay.net/ouch/anatomy/bones_joints.html

How bones grow - http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_noSW_p2.html

Skeletal Proportions - http://www.sickkids.on.ca/childphysiology/cpwp/skeleton/skeletongrowth.htm

Broken Bones

How do bones break? - http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/broken_bones.html

What happens when you break a bone? - http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/broken_bones_p2.html

How Do Bones Break? Why Do Broken Bones Hurt? - http://www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/bones/parents_discussion_brokenBones.htm

What happens when children’s bones break? How do the bones reform? - http://www.chw.edu.au/parents/factsheets/fracturj.htm

What are the different kinds of fractures? - http://www.newspronet.com/knowmore/DB0105/story11.htm

Other Bone Webquests:

Bones, bones, and more bones! (The Skeletal System) - http://www.nashville-schools.davidson.k12.tn.us/webquests/bones_bones_more_bones.htm

Human Skeletal System - http://www.sad34.net/webquests/SkeletonQuest/

How to keep bones strong and healthy.

Healthy bones - http://www.usm.maine.edu/gany/bonebuddies/howtokeepboneshealthy.htm

What to do at different ages to keep strong bones - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=87&topcategory=Osteoporosis