Bone Zone Exhibit - Providence Children's Museum

Take a bike ride with a grinning skeleton, explore deep inside a bone and solve a skeleton puzzle.

Recognizable as a human form, at once familiar and strange, the human skeleton naturally interests children and is therefore a good place to begin in developing their appreciation of their own bodies. Bone Zone presents fascinating facts about the human skeletal system in a lively, humorous manner. Bicycling with a skeleton, assembling a puzzle of bones and watching their reflected faces "morph" into a skull, children come to understand the skeleton as their internal structure. Examining x-rays and peering through the Wentzscope (a family-friendly large screen microscope), they discover that bones are alive. A book nook contains carefully chosen age-appropriate books about the human body.

Bone Zone is recommended for children ages 6 and up - and their adult friends - for maximum understanding and interest. Younger children also enjoy many of the exhibit's interactive elements. Exhibit educators are on hand to encourage fun and learning.

Bone Zone is sponsored by University Orthopedics.

Some things to do in Bone Zone

Preschoolers:

Try to find the head for the skeleton puzzle. Look for the bones that are in the hands and feet.
Look in the mirror to see the inside of your body.

Ages 5 to 7:

Try putting together the life-sized skeleton puzzle. Look at the skeleton on the bicycle to figure out which bones belong in the arms and which in the legs.
Pedal the bicycle and watch the skeleton to see what your bones are doing beneath your skin.
Try on a cast and learn why broken bones need to be held straight while they heal.
Look at the x-rays. Can you find a broken bone?
Look in the mirror to see the inside of your body. Find out what jobs your bones do

Ages 8 and up:

Look through the microscope to see what's inside a bone. Find out why broken bones heal.
Examine the joint models to figure out which joints in your body act like hinges and which act like joysticks.
Try putting together the life-sized skeleton puzzle. What is the longest bone in the body called? What is another name for your finger bones? What's so funny about the humerus?

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