Resource List

Item
Magic School Bus
Flexes its Muscles

Format

Grade Level

Website
Video
Clip

Grades 3-5

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Purpose - engage students
Content (discusses importance of bones
and muscles in the human body)

Book

Ages 4-8

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Great book to introduce skeletal system
Content: teaches importance of bones in
the body

Website
& Video
Clips

Grades 2- 5

Scholastic, (1995). Building

Ralphie's Robot. [Video
Segment]. Available from
https://app.discoveryeducatio
n.com/learn/videos/33acf3d2a9ca-4a91-ae4ba0ce78801798

The Skeleton Inside You

by Philip Balestrino
Balestrino, P., & Kelley, T.
(1989). The Skeleton Inside
You(Rev. ed.). New York:
HarperCollins.

KidsHealth - How the

Body Works
Muscular System. (n.d.).
Retrieved October 23, 2015,
from http://kidshealth.org/

Criteria for Selection

Website
Teacher Information on specific body
systems in kid-friendly terminology
Videos, games, articles, activities for
students
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/#cat20580
Specific Video on Muscular System
Grade and age level appropriate
Interest level
Purpose - engage students
Content (discusses 3 types of muscles,
their jobs, and importance)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/htbwclassic.html#cat20580

You Cant See Your

Bones with Binoculars
by: Harriet Ziefert

Ziefert, H., & Haley, A.

(2003). You can't see your
bones with binoculars: A
guide to your 206 bones.
Maplewood, N.J.: Blue Apple
Books.

Book

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Great book to introduce skeletal system or
to introduce skin.
Content: goes through each bone and tell
about it and the important features of the
bone.

Best Apps for Kids:

Benny Bones

iPad App

Ages 7-9

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
3 different levels and activities
Allows students to virtually put skeletal
system together or label a skeletal system
using 17 major bones of the body
text and read-aloud narration on bones
available for lower-level readers
Would be useful for checking for student
understanding of bone names and where
they are located.

iPad App

Grades K-3

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Teaches a variety of anatomy facts about a
specific bone with illustrations, interactive
images.
text and read-aloud narration on bones
available for lower-level readers.
Useful for research about specific bones.

Web Database

Grades K-3

Content & Age

appropriate
Simple navigation (key word search,
category folders, five-tab navigation)
Video and/or audio clips for most articles
Teaches students to cite information
Share What You Know with printable
template, ideal for first reports.
Audio on/off capabilities for lower leveled
readers. It also highlights words as it reads.
Bold and keywords have clickable
definitions and pronunciations.
Lesson plans and reproducibles for teacher.

Grades 3-12

Allows student to create a video, audio,

image alterations, image animation, etc.
about any content.
Can be difficult for younger learners, but
students can utilize basic level (audio and
video) if teacher models information first.

Benny Bones. Silly Cake

Studios. 2013. Retrieved
from
http://www.bestappsforkids.c
om/2014/benny-bones/

Best Apps for Kids: This

is my Body - Anatomy
for Kids

This is My Body - Anatomy

for kids. Urbn Pockets.
Retrieved from
http://www.bestappsforkids.c
om/2014/this-is-my-body/

PebbleGo

PebbleGo: Body Systems.

(2011). Retrieved October 20,
2015
https://www.pebblego.com/co
ntent/science/Body+Systems

Aurasma

iPad App

(younger learners
will need support)

Aurasma. 2011 HP Aurasma.

Retrieved from
https://itunes.apple.com/us/a
pp/aurasma/id432526396?
mt=8

BrainPopJr
BrainPOP Jr. (n.d.).
Retrieved October 23, 2015,

Website

Grades K-3

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Multiple content areas (specific information
on bones and muscles)

Short videos, games, student activities,

word wall, easy or hard digital or paper
quizzes, and teacher lesson plans on
specific topic.
Content could be used for reference,
research, engagement or recap of lesson.
it is all in a kid friendly information.

from
https://jr.brainpop.com/health/
bodies/

First Human Body

Encyclopedia

Research
Book

Ages 8-12

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Useful for student research on specific
bones.

Research
Book

Ages 6-10

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Useful for student research on specific
bones.

Research
Book

Grades 3-7

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Useful for student research on specific
bones.

Research
Book

Grades 2-5

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Useful for student research on specific
bones.

Research
Book

Grades K-3

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)

Smith, P. (2005). Human

body encyclopedia. New
York: DK Publishers

My First Human Body

Book
Wynne, P., & Silver, D.
(2009). My first human body
book. Dover Publications.

Everything KIDS Human

Body Book
Amsel, S. (2012). The
everything kids human body
book: All you need to know
about your body systems from head to toe! Avon,
Mass.: Adams Media.

National Geographic:
Ultimate Body-Pedia
Amsel, S. (2012). The
everything kids human body
book: All you need to know
about your body systems from head to toe!
Washington, D.C.: Adams
Media.

National Geographic:
The Bones You Own

Useful for student research on specific

bones.

Baines, R. (2009). The bones

you own: A book about the
human body. Washington,
D.C.: National Geographic.

The Human Skeleton

Research
Book

Ages 7-10

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Useful for student research on specific
bones.

Rake, J. (2010). The Human

Skeleton. Mankato, Minn.:
Capstone Press.

(to view a
copy look in
Belk Library
IMC)

Little Story Creator App

iPad App

Ages 6-10

Age level appropriate

Similar to PowerPoint but its an app and it
is extremely kid-friendly.
Allows students to create a presentation
using as many slides as they need. They
can insert real pictures theyve taken or
clipart.
Students can also email their presentations
to anyone (teachers, parents, principal, etc)
Useful for showing what youve learned,
creating presentations (might be great for
summarizing what theyve learned at the
Wax Museum)

video

Ages 6-8

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Short video clip that goes over specific
bones, their name and the importance of
them.
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Useful for engagement or introduction to
bone names and purpose.

video

Grade 2-5

Grade and age level appropriate

Interest level
Content (reference, research, kid friendly
information)
Quick video clip on the skin, different parts
of the skin, purpose and how we can keep
it healthy.
Useful for engagement or introduction of
skin lesson.

Little Story Creator - Digital

Scrapbooking and Photo
Collage Maker. 2013.
Innovative Investments
Limited.

Peekaboo Dr. Binocs Bones video

Bones | The Dr. Binocs Show
| Learn Series For Kids.
(2015, July 1). Retrieved
October 24, 2015, from
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=ywDOiNEdJVc

Kids Health Skin Video

Movie: Skin. (n.d.). Retrieved
October 22, 2015, from
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/
skin-movie.html