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By BETTY DEBNAM
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Our Beautiful Bones
Your Skeleton
Baby bones
Your skeleton is very important.
It is the frame that gives your
body its shape. It protects body
organs such as the lungs and
heart. With the aid of muscles, it
helps you move about.
To find out more about your
skeleton, The Mini Page talked to
Dr. Laura Tosi.
Babies have about 270 bones when
they are born. As they get
older, their bones
grow together. Adults
have 206 bones.
Babies' bones
are all made of a
soft tissue called
cartilage. As the
baby grows, its cartilage cells start
turning to bone.
The bloodstream deposits minerals
such as calcium and phosphorus in
the older cartilage cells. The minerals
make the cartilage harden, and it is
remodeled to become bone.
Living bones
Your bones are alive. They are made
of water, minerals, and living tissue
such as cells and blood vessels.
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A bone is like a pipe. The thick outer part
is called the cortex (A). The inside is
loosely packed bone that is called the
marrow (B). Blood cells are made in the
marrow.
Calcium
Fun bone facts
• More than half the bones in your
body are in your hands and feet.
There are 54 bones
in your hands and
wrists and 52 in your
feet and ankles.
• About five out of 100
people have an extra rib. Seventy-five
percent of these are men.
• The smallest bone in your body is
the stirrup bone in your ear. The
largest is the femur in your leg.
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Dr. Laura Tosi is chief of orthopaedics and
sports medicine, Children's National
Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
femur
patella
(kneecap)
fibula
Bones are an important savings
bank for calcium. Calcium is deposited
in bone and saved up until the
bloodstream makes a withdrawal. The
blood then carries the calcium to help
our hearts beat and
our muscles work.
The body has a
kind of
thermostat.
Every second
the body is
testing to see
if there is enough
calcium in the blood.
If there is not
enough, the body orders special cells
to dissolve some bone to get more
calcium into the blood.
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Paper Bag Owl
You'll need:
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small paper bag
construction paper
string
soda bottle
scissors
newspaper
paste
Fit the names of these Halloween pictures into the block.
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What to do:
1. Stuff a paper bag with newspaper.
2. Tie it on a soda bottle to hold it steady while you
work on it.
3. Cut out triangles for nose and ears. Cut circles for
the eyes. Cut a bow for the necktie. Paste on pieces.
Owls make spooky decorations for Halloween!
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Each of the skeleton words that Peter Penguin is holding
is hidden in a sentence below. We have found the first
one for you. See if you can find the rest.
1. Is Bob on every show?
2. "Be safe," murmured the woman.
3. Sweep the broom over the floor.
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4. Do you want to go to the Atlantic or
shape
Texas shore?
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5. Roger, I borrowed your book.
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6. We saw mice, llamas and skunks at
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the zoo.
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7. Greg rowed the boat.
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8. Brush a pet's fur daily.
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Mini Spy ...
Mini Spy and her friends are trick-or-treating. Have a safe
and happy Halloween! See if you can find: • heart • letter D
• mushroom
• kite
• cat • knife
• fish hook
• book
• whale
• word MINI
• number 3
• exclamation
mark
• letter A
• chunk of
cheese
• number 2
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FIND
Words and names that remind us of skeletons are hidden in the
block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally.
See if you can find: SKELETON, FRAME, PROTECTS, EAT,
BONE, CELLS, AGE, STRONG, SKULL, MINERALS, RIB,
VITAMIN, EXERCISE, CORTEX, GROW, HANDS, FEMUR,
MILK.
A K V S K E LET 0 N P C G K
I LOVE
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HALLOWEEN!
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Go dot to dot and color.
These would be good to serve at a Halloween party.
You'll need:
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup all-purpose flour,
plus 2 tablespoons
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
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in a small bowl. Mix well.
2. Press into a greased 8-by-8-inch pan. Bake in a preheated 325degree oven for 15 minutes.
3. Combine remaining ingredients, including 2 tablespoons flour,
in a large bowl. Mix well.
4. Cover crust in pan evenly with mixture from large bowl.
5. Bake again at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. When cool, cut into
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• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
What to do:
1. Combine butter or margarine, 1 cup flour and powdered sugar
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• 11/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut
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Meet Shane Lyons
Shane Lyons is one of the stars of
the show ''All That." Shane, 14, is from
Colorado Springs, Colo. He has always
loved being funny and performing.
Besides ''All That," Shane has been in
several other TV shows .
Among his hobbies are working with
computers, playing baseball and golf,
watching Tv, especially "Star Trek," and reading, especially
books by Stephen King.
His favorite food is cheese, history is his favorite school
subject, and his favorite actors are comedians such as Will
Farrell and Whoopi Goldberg.
Shane volunteers with the Special Olympics. He would
like to continue being a comedic actor when he is grown.
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All the following jokes have something in common.
Can you find the common theme or category?
Julie: Why was the 3,OOO-year-old flower
wrapped in cloth strips?
Jack: It was a chrysanthemummy!
Gigi: In the park this morning I saw lions!
George: Lions in the park?
Gigi: They were dandelions!
Pierre: What happened to the daisies when
they misbehaved for Mother Earth?
Patty: They were grounded!
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Take Care of Your Bones
Skeleton care is important to us
because we build our skeletons when
we are young. Every
day there are cells
dissolving bone as
well as cells
laying down bone .•
In old age, the ~
cells dissolving
bone start moving
faster than those
building the bone. Because they are
weaker, older bones become brittle
and break easily. A strong, well-built
skeleton slows down this process.
Bone health
Building a skeleton is like building
a house. If
you build a
sturdy house,
it will hold
up when
storms hit it.
The main
time to build
a sturdy skeleton is when you are
young. Building a strong skeleton
when you are a child will allow you
to stay strong and independent
when you are older.
Almost all your bone is laid down
when you are a child.
Bone
building
slows for
girls
when
they
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reach about
age 14, and for boys ~j;; .v",.".~"",TY'
when they are about 18.
Until about age 25 or 30, the body
can make bones thicker, but not
longer. After that, there is little bone
added at all.
Site to see: www.kidshealth.org
Look through the sports section of your
newspaper for ads and stories about
people exercising.
Exercise, a bone's best friend
Eat right!
The most important thing you can
do for your bones is to
exercise. Bones
have to feel
impact to grow
sturdy.
Sometimes
(people who have
been injured or sick
may have to stay in bed for a long
time. When this happens, they may
face bone loss, which makes it easier
for the bone to break. This happens
to many elderly people.
The best way to stay healthy is to
stay active.
We have to take in enough of the
minerals calcium and phosphorus to
keep the bone-building cells working
well.
Eat right. Drink milk.
Most of us like sodas,
but milk is better for
growing kids.
The vitamin D that
you get in fortified milk
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and sunlight also helps build bones.
(Your skin makes vitamin D when it
is exposed to sun.)
A growing
child or teenager
needs the
~~ramount of calcium
found in three or
four 8-ounce glasses of
milk a day. There
are many other
delicious ways to
get enough calcium. For example,
you can have pizza with cheese,
frozen yogurt, chocolate milk,
p~ddin~, sou~ made ~. ~
WIth mIlk, or Ice
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cream. Many
,.:.
vegetables such as
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broccoli and kale are ~
also rich in calcium. ~
Some kids have trouble digesting
milk, but even these kids can
usually eat cheese or yogurt, or a
special milk that is easier to digest.
Boning up on exercises
The best exercises for bones are
those that put weight on the
skeleton. These include running,
walking or dancing, or any sport
that uses these skills such as
soccer or
basketball.
Jumping
rope IS
great.
Some
exerCIses
such as
SWImmIng
or biking
are good for
your body in
different ways. You should exercise
every day for the good of your body.
But only exercises that put weight
on your skeleton will help your
bones. So be sure to include those
as well.
The Mini Page is created and edited by
Betty Debnam
Associate Editors
Anne Chamberlain
Lucy Lien
Staff Artist
Wendy Daley
Next week The Mini Page is about
Children's Book Week.
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Protect your bones
Don't carry heavy backpacks
unless you also use the waist strap.
Rolling backpacks are a good idea.
Do wear helmets and kneepads to
protect your bones when
skating and
skateboarding.
Do wear helmets
when biking.
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Kids' bones heal quicker than adult
bones, but a broken bone is no fun
for anyone.
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Your Skeleton
Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each
week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page's content and offer
activities that will help yo.... students reach them.
This week's standards:
• Students understand the characteristics of organisms. (Science: Life Science)
• Students understand the importance of achieving and maintaining a healthenhancing level of physical fitness. (Physical Education)
Activities:
1. Create a "healthy bones" poster that has five ideas for building strong bones.
2. Just for fun, write a story about a skeleton who worries about being fit.
3. Use newspaper ads to find words and pictures offoods that build strong bones.
Put your words and pictures into two categories: healthy foods and fun foods.
4. Make a list of activities people can do to put weight on their bones. Now
survey your family members and friends. Ask them which of the activities they
do "almost never," "sometimes" or "often." Which activities are the most
popular?
5. Use reference books and the Internet to learn more about osteoporosis. Use
these questions to guide your research: What is osteoporosis? What causes the
condition? What do doctors recommend for people who have osteoporosis? How
can people avoid the condition?
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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Supersport: Josh Davis
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
Birthdate: 9-1-72
College: University of Texas
Josh Davis seems to fly in the water. He is a
top swimmer and has won several Olympic medals.
At the 2000 Olympics, he was the team
captain and won silver medals in the 400-meter
freestyle relay and the BOO-meter freestyle relay.
At the 1996 Games, he won golds in the 400meter freestyle relay, the 800-meter freestyle relay and the
400-meter medley relay.
While growing up, he participated in several sports and
took up swimming when he was 12.
Josh grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He lives with his wife,
Shantel, sons, Caleb and Luke, and daughter, Abby, in Austin,
Texas. He studied speech communications in college.
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