Skeletons & Muscles
Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection, and movement
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Skeletons & Muscles means knowing skeletons and muscles help with support, protection, and movement. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Job cards: support, protection, movement
- Skeleton / muscle picture cards
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Skeletons help with support and protection. Muscles help with movement. Together they help the body work.
Optional challenge. For Skeletons & Muscles, add protection.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: jobs matched; support used. This session samples skeletons/muscles, not mastery of anatomy.
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Skeletons & Muscles means knowing skeletons and muscles help with support, protection, and movement. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes matching skeleton and muscle jobs, then checking one fresh job.
Connect bones and muscles with support, protection and movement.
Connect bones and muscles with support, protection and movement.
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Choose skeleton and muscle jobs.
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NASA Climate Kids · Practice link — not the full lesson
Plants and Animals
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Plants and Animals supports Skeletons & Muscles. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public NASA Climate Kids page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
NASA Climate Kids. “Plants and Animals.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- 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