Fill The Basket

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and describe the functions of skeletal system
2. Distinguishes long bone, short bones, flat bones and irregular bones and provide an example for each
3. Identify  all the bones of the perpendicular skeleton
4. Reconstruct a skeleton from dis articulated bones in the lab
5. Develop team work and co-ordination skills
6. Develop cardio-vascular endurance

Description Of Activity

Activity  1: Forensic Anthropologist game: 

1. Assemble of children on the ground
2. Teacher divides the children into 4 groups having 10 members
3. Groups are named as A , B  C  D
4. Students are asked to trace the outline body of any one member of their group on the ground
5. Teacher takes 2 separate baskets filled with sand  and the cut pieces of Skeleton floor puzzle.
6. Teacher asks the team members of A  and B group to line up
7. The members of each group should search the skeleton puzzle,  run and should place on the correct place inside the trace of body drawn at another corner of the ground
8. For each group 10 mins time will be given.
9. Each member of the group should participate in the assemble of skeleton
10. The game is repeated with the other groups.
11. The group that assemble the skeleton correctly and withing the short span of the time will be declared as winner
12. The children learn about the different parts of the skeletal system with their function

   

 

 

 

Equipment/Material Required

Sand , basket, skeleton puzzle , chalk piece