Skeletons & Muscles

ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 7–8

Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection, and movement

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Connect bones and muscles with support, protection and movement.

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Follow this model in an accessible mode before attempting independent work. Graph ordering is not learner mastery; revisit prerequisites if the guided task still needs full modeling.

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Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.

Use gentle ordinary arm movement only if comfortable; do not force joints or press ribs. A verbal case is enough. Open Show (S), then Guided (G), then Try (T). Hide earlier work and keys before Try. Use only the supplied stage material; do not invent additional cards. Pause or split the session if needed.

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partial: Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection, and movement
Conceptual model only, not an anatomical diagnosis or complete muscle-pair identification.
partial: Name the three functions of the skeleton: support, protection, movement
Conceptual model only, not an anatomical diagnosis or complete muscle-pair identification.
partial: Identify that muscles are attached to bones and pull to create movement
Conceptual model only, not an anatomical diagnosis or complete muscle-pair identification.
partial: Give examples of bones protecting organs (skull protects brain, ribs protect heart and lungs)
Conceptual model only, not an anatomical diagnosis or complete muscle-pair identification.
partial: Can {{name}} explain why we have a skeleton inside our body and what our muscles do when we bend an arm?
Conceptual model only, not an anatomical diagnosis or complete muscle-pair identification.

Conceptual model only, not an anatomical diagnosis or complete muscle-pair identification.

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Name the three functions of the skeleton: support, protection, movement
Identify that muscles are attached to bones and pull to create movement
Give examples of bones protecting organs (skull protects brain, ribs protect heart and lungs)

“Can your child explain why we have a skeleton inside our body and what our muscles do when we bend an arm?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: Science
Domain: Organisms & Life Processes
Age range: Ages 7–8

Standards

uk-nc-2013:Y3.Sci.A.2