1. A Homemade PowerPoint Game By: Jannelle Moran and Katie Brower
OPERATION SKELETON!
STORY
GAME DIRECTIONS
GAME PREPARATION
GAME BOARD
GAME PIECES
PLAY THE GAME!
OBJECTIVE
A Homemade PowerPoint Game
By: Jannelle Moran and Katie Brower
UNC Charlotte 2007
CREDITS
COPYRIGHT NOTICE

2. The Story of “Operation Skeleton”
The game “Operation Skeleton” is a great tool for your students to practice their knowledge about the human skeletal system and the human body. The game was originated by Katie Brower and Jannelle Moran in 2007 and is intended to be used as a learning tool in the third grade classroom. This game is a great way for your students to visually see the human skeleton and a great way for them to practice the NCSCOS objectives.
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3. Game Directions
The goal of the game is to practice what you have learned about the human skeleton by answering questions about the human skeleton and the human skeleton joints.
To play the game, you roll the dice and move your game piece the correct amount of spaces. Once you land on a star, on a particular bone, you may then answer a question. If you answer the question correctly, you then get to add that particular bone to your personal skeleton. If you don’t answer the question correctly, you don’t get that particular bone and you may not automatically answer a question on your next turn, you must roll the dice and move to another bone and come back to the one you missed later. Make sure to keep track of the questions that have been answered correctly, that way you don’t repeat questions.
The winner of the game is the first one to complete their personal skeleton.
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GAME BOARD
GAME PIECES

4. Game Preparation
Print out slides 5 and 6, and attach the two halves onto construction paper. This is your game board .
Print out slide 7. Print out enough copies so that you have one for each player. Cut out the whole skeleton and each separate part. Make sure to glue your skeleton to a piece of construction paper.
Print out slide 9 so that you can keep track of the questions answered by crossing out the numbers as the questions are answered correctly.
Print out slide 8 in order to get the game pieces.
GAME PIECES
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GAME BOARD

5. GAME BOARD

6. GAME BOARD

7. INDIVIDUAL SKELETONS -Skull Left Arm Right Arm- -Left Rib Cage
-Left Hand Right Hand-
-Left Leg
Right Leg-
-Right Rib Cage
-Pelvic Bone

8. GAME PIECES

9. QUESTIONS PAGE 2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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10. Question #1
How many soft bones are babies born with?
100
300
250
230

11. Question #2 How many bones does a full grown adult have? about 192

12. Question #3 Which of the following is not a type of joint? hinge joint
foot joint
ball-and-socket joint
pivot joint

13. Question #4 Which of these is not an example of a hinge joint? neck
jaws
elbows
knuckles

14. Question #5 Which of these is an example of a ball-and-socket joint?
elbows
toes
hips
knees

15. Question #6 Which of these is not a function of bones? locomotion
support
protection
digestion

16. Question #7 What is the skeletal system made up of? bones muscles skin
veins

17. Question #8 How often does your heart beat? about 30 times an hour
about 80 times a minute
about 50 times a second
about 60 times a minute

18. Question #9 Which of these is not a muscle? cardiac muscle
bicep muscle
radius muscle
calf muscle

19. Question #10 What is a ball-and-socket joint?
when two straight bones come together to form a hinge
when one bone twists within the cup or ring of another bone
when the joint causes the bone to not move at all
when one bone fits into the hole of another bone

20. Question #11 What is a pivot joint?
when one bone fits into the hole of another bone
when one bone twists within the cup or ring of another bone
when the joint causes the bone to not move at all
when two straight bones come together to form a hinge

21. Question #12 What is the hardest working muscle in your body?
bicep muscle
calf muscle
cardiac muscle
tricep muscle

22. Question #13 Which of the following is a bone in your body? femur bone
esporal bone
radial bone
heart bone

23. Question #14 What is the study of bones called? psychology zoology
osteology
boneology

24. Question #15 Which of the following is not a type of muscle?
cardiac muscle
smooth muscle
skeletal muscle
bone muscle

25. Question #16 What do muscles do? turn energy into movement
carry the blood throughout your body
filter out wastes from your body
transmit messages to your brain

26. Question #17 What are the two kinds of bone tissue?
compact bone and nerve bone
spongy bone and nerve bone
compact bone and spongy bone
compact bone and joint bone

27. Question #18 What kind of bone tissue is rock hard? compact bone
spongy bone
nerve bone
joint bone

28. Question #19
What kind of bone tissue contains collagen, which makes it flexible?
compact bone
joint bone
nerve bone
spongy bone

29. Question #20
What is the name of the bone that surrounds the brain called?
sutures
cranium
maxilla
mandible

30. Correct!
Good Job!
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31. Sorry
Incorrect
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32. Educational Objectives
Audience: Intended for children ages 9 and above. Intended for grades 3 and above.
Subject Area Objectives:
NCSCOS Objective 4.01-Students will be able to identify the skeleton as a system of the human body.
NCSCOS Objective 4.02-Students will be able to describe several functions of bones:
-support
-protection
-locomotion
NCSCOS Objective 4.03-Students will be able to describe the functions of different kinds of joints:
-hinge
-ball and socket
-gliding
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33. Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited
Originally designed by Katie Brower and Jannelle Moran, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, February 19, 2007 with the title “Operation Skeleton”.
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34. Copyright Copyright 2007 Katie Brower Jannelle Moran
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting and names already there.
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35. OUR GAME
This game can be used in the classroom to practice the NCSCOS objectives for third grade. It is a learner centered PowerPoint because it is asking the student questions to help them review. It could be used as a great review for a test and as an assistant to the teacher, while teaching the class as a whole.