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What Bones Can Tell Us ?

What Bones Can Tell Us ?. Osteobiography The story of life told by the bones Bones contain a record of physical life Can tell you many clues about an individual Age Sex Race Height Health etc.

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What Bones Can Tell Us ?

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  1. What Bones Can Tell Us ? • Osteobiography • The story of life told by the bones • Bones contain a record of physical life • Can tell you many clues about an individual • Age • Sex • Race • Height • Health • etc

  2. Objective: SWBAT describe how a person’s appropriate personal characteristics (age, height, and race) could be determined by examining his or her bones. (same as yesterday) DO NOW: • 1. How can skeletal remains be useful in a forensic investigation? • 2. How can you identify sex, race, and age by looking at a skull? • 3. Name the 4 layers of a bone and each of its function. • 4. Write your height in inches on the paper yellow paper in the front of the class. (Ex. 5’4’’ 5’ x 12 = 60 +4” = total 64 inches

  3. Age http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/b/mbt102/bisci4online/bone/bone5.htm

  4. Race Ratio of width of nose to height of nose

  5. Height • http://www.teachpe.com/images/anatomy/skeleton.jpg

  6. Exit Ticket: • We will have a quiz on Monday, please bring your calculator • 1. On a scale of 1-5, how comfortable are you with the material from unit 3? What do you need more help on? • 2. In what ways can I help you to prepare for this quiz on Monday? • 3. In what ways can YOU help yourself to prepare for this quiz?

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