Team Bones  Challenge

This activity incorporates teamwork, cooperation, health content, and many different manipulative and motor skills.  Students are given a list of activities they can choose from that must be completed as a team.  For each activity that they complete they will earn a certain number of bone pieces to put together.  The first team to collect all the bones and put them together correctly wins the activity. 

Getting Started:

Divide the gym into 4 quadrants.  In each quadrant place all the equipment that each team will need to complete all the activities. You will also place a hula-hoop with the teams color in the corner of the quadrant with a bag of bones, dry erase marker and activities sheet.  Divide students into 4 teams and go over the list of activities describing what some of the keywords that are highlighted mean (as a team, no mistakes, alternating turns).   

VA SOL's:

3.2 d)  Identify major bones, including the femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, radius, and ulna.

4.2 c)  Identify major components of the skeletal system, including the sternum, vertebrae, patella, and phalange.

5.2 a)  Identify the major components of the cardiorespiratory, vascular, muscular, and skeletal systems.