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Author:Michael Conte, Jr. - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Description: The human skeleton presents an unusual opportunity to teach mathematical skills and concepts. This unit shows the interactions of the science of anatomy with methods of teaching mathematics, using the skeletal system as the basis for teaching: scale, growth charting, tangrams (hand, teeth), graphing, ratios, proportions, percentages, geometric designs, circumference, diameter, radius, metric conversions (length, weight, mass), problem solving, addition, subtraction, and measuring, using body parts as a standard.

Levels: Fifth Grade, Middle School (6-8)
Languages: English
Resource Types: Lesson Plans and Activities
Math Topics: Measurement, Ratio/Proportion, Human Biology

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