Health Lesson Ideas

Label clothespins with the names of bones that students are expected to know, at least one for each student. Make sure you have pictures of bones that match the labeled clothespins. 

Split the class into teams of 4 students. Pick one color for each team you will have. Mark the back of each clothespin with one of the colors so that the clothespins are evenly divided among teams. 

Set up the volleyball net on one end of the gym and use extra clothespins to pin the x-rayed pictures of bones to the volleyball net. 

Teams line up on the opposite end of the gym. Clothespins are scattered near the centerline.  Each team is assigned a color. On start, each team sends two students at a time to find a clothespin of the correct color and then correctly match the bone name on the clothespin to the bone x-ray on the volleyball net, and then go tag the other two players on their team. (both pairs on a team will go twice)

Award points for finishing. When all teams are finished, have class move close to the net and check answers. Give points for each correct answer.

Discuss the answers with the class reviewing the bones and their locations in the body.