's Spine Project

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received an S+ on the project and the comment "Excellent model and Project!"

The report part covered the name of the part and its location. Question #3 was "What is the size and shape of your body part (describe it)

"The spine is made up of 33 pieces called vertebraes. Each vertabrae looks like a bird and all together they look like a dinosaur tail. The spine is a man is about 71cm and in a woman is about 61cm. Your spine could have scoliosis."

It then asked what the purpose of the body part was and what your life would be like without it.

The last question was "Tell 3 interesting things you learned about this body part.

"The spine protects the spinal nerves. The brain tells the spine first what to do. Some people may have scoliosis. Scoliosis is where your spine has a curve in it. To straighten a spine with scoliosis, doctors may use braces, casts, rods or other types of surgeries."

She then had to list her sources which were 3 books from the library and her own personal experiences.

I am very proud of her. With the exception of a little help on the model, and me showing her how to look things up in the index of a book, she did it herself. another child in her class also did the spine - her dad carved a wooden skull with spine attached and then "they" painted it. He also labled it. You could tell she had very little to do with it, and I happened to be in the classroom when she gave her report. She said her dad did this, that and the other thing. Then she read her report, which was good. The teacher asked where she got her info "Oh dad printed it off wik- wike-wikipedy for me and I copied it." She was honest!

Gail

"The Earth is the insane asylum for the rest of universe"

“Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.†-BumperSnickerz. ********************************************************************Mom to , 11/28/98 - ADHD/ODD/SIDand , 02/02/02 - Congenital Scoliosis, VATER Association (vertebral and renal anomalies), Torticollis, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fused Ribs, First VEPTR Recipient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 3/21/05; Spitz Nevus removal: 11/26/07 & 2/11/08; VEPTR Expansions: 11/05, 04/20/06, 6/12/08 and 8/14/09 and EARLY SUMMER 2010;

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