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Fun Anatomy Games for Kids

Human anatomy can be a challenging subject for kids. However, one way to get kids into learning about the body is to use games. Games help kids focus and engage in learning. These games are available online for home play, but are adaptable for classroom use. They work well for students from 5th to 12th grades. Simply add more difficult vocabulary and questions for higher grade levels.

Word Games
- One major hurdle to learning anatomy is the vast number of vocabulary words. There are dozens of different systems and hundreds of different parts in the body. Memorizing these vocabulary words can be tedious for kids. Use simple word games to make memorizing vocabulary more interesting. Create your own word games--such as a crossword puzzle--using graphing paper. Other fun word games include word scrambles and word matches. Word scrambles mix all the letters in a word up and the students put the word back together. Word matches match a word with its definition.
'Who Wants to be a Millionaire Doctor?'
- "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" is a challenging quiz show that was the first to offer and give out million dollar prizes. Its success has lead to a wide range of similar game shows and parodies. Create your own "Who Wants to be a Millionaire Doctor?" game to test your students' anatomy smarts. Write a wide range of questions down for them to answer. One kid plays at a time. The questions start out basic, but get progressively more difficult. Each correct answer is worth more money than the last. The money values are $100, $200, $400, $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $32,000, $64,000, $125,000, $250,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000. A student can use three "lifelines." These include "Ask the Class," "50/50" and "Use the Book." "50/50" eliminates two of the wrong answers, "Ask the Class" polls the class on the right answer, and "Use the Book" gives the student 30 seconds to find the answer in a book. The student can use each one of these "lifelines" once. The student can give up at any time, but once he reaches $1,000 and $32,000, he is guaranteed that many points. Students with the highest scores win extra credit.
Body Part Puzzle
- The previously mentioned games will help your students learn anatomy vocabulary and trivia. However, they don't let a student get "hands-on" with anatomy. This body part puzzle can help students see where the parts they've learned are on the body. Find a detailed picture of a part of the anatomy, like the hand, and make enough copies so each student will have one. Glue them onto hard cardboard and cut into individual pieces. Give each student his pieces. The students have a class period to put the parts back in order. If students finish early, have other anatomy puzzles ready as backup. Whoever finishes the most anatomy puzzles should get extra credit.

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