Looking Good, Feeling Good: From the Inside Out – Exploring Bone, Muscle, and Skin

  • Students are introduced to the basic structures that are part of the musculoskeletal and skin systems
  • Grades 7–8 | © 2005 | Standards based
  • Five lessons designed to be taught in sequence for approximately eight days, featuring web-based components including interactive database and simulations
  • Developed using the BSCS 5E Instructional Model
  • This complimentary module is available from National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Looking Good, Feeling Good: From the Inside Out stresses the relationships between structures and functions, the interactions between these body systems, and other factors that influence the body systems’ functions. Our fast-changing world requires today’s young people to be lifelong learners and this module provides students with an opportunity to practice and refine their critical-thinking skills. This module stresses to students the importance of scientific research and they are encouraged to think about the relationships among knowledge, choice, behavior, and human health. The real-life context of the module's classroom lessons is engaging, and the knowledge gained can be applied immediately to students' lives.

This curriculum supplement was funded by the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education (NIH OSE). It was developed by BSCS in cooperation with the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the NIH.

Student Lessons

  1. It’s Alive! Or Is It?
  2. What Makes Bones Strong?
  3. Anatomy of a Kick
  4. Use It or Lose It
  5. Helping the Body Build Strong Bones
  6. Shining the Light on Skin
  7. Decisions Today for a Healthy Tomorrow

To order your complimentary copy of this supplement or for more information, visit the NIH OSE website.