Posture
These links offer information about appropriate posture:
1. Posture – sitting, standing, lying down
2. Posture – backpacks, computers
Websites that may be of interest:
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http://www.sesamestreet.org/ – Sesame Street has 12 videos related to bones category.
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Do the skeleton dance (The thigh bone’s connected to …). This is animated and children could dance along. There are lyrics at the bottom of the screen.
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This British website explains the risk factors for Osteoporosis and discusses the role of medications (including some for arthritis) which affect bone strength. Note that smoking is also a risk factor.
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This medical article contains Australian information. It would be an excellent article to form the basis of an upper secondary statistics lesson.Australian information
