Many thanks to Ms. Sarah for lending it to us!
Ms. Sarah stumbled upon this preowned and unassembled teaching skeleton at the thrift store, and snatched it up. But she had no idea whether or not the body was complete. She brought the bones to us, and the children had to inventory them all and write her a letter if there were any missing parts.
They had an absolute blast! And, because she hadn't checked over it in advance, it was an authentic task.
Happily, the ribs were numbered and labeled L and R. The vertebrae pieces were numbered as well. AND there was a wired foot and wired hand for us to look at while inventorying the loose foot and hand parts.
Both groups (Tue and Wed) concluded that the skeleton was complete. But the children found an "extra" bone as well. It wasn't on any of our human skeleton diagrams. Then Ms. Sarah explained to us that it was the hyoid!
I finally found a resource that mentions this bone, Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates, ninth ed., by George Kent and Robert Carr.
This was a fantastic activity that the kids won't soon forget!
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