Learning objectives
Knowledge
- To explain how muscles are used for movement.
Science in action
- To explore scientific advances.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can recall
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National curriculum
Science
Animals, including humans
Pupils
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Cross-curricular links
Design and technology
Make
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Movement is the answer and ask the children to think of questions that would result in the word ‘movement’ (or other derivatives, such as move or moving).
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could work in small groups to be responsible for one finger each and produce the hand as a team effort; should watch the Pupil video: Making a model hand on a loop when creating their hand; could use the Activity: Model hand template to support construction; could have the resources pre-cut.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should make comparisons between their model hands, bionics/prosthetics and real arm and hand movement; could choose an extension activity relating to muscles and movement from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: Movement and nutrition.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recalling that muscles cause movements in
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can recall that there are different types of muscle in the body, for example, voluntary or involuntary control.
- I can describe some examples of where muscles cause movement: for example, muscles make the heart beat and push blood around the body, muscles push food through the digestive system and muscles cause the skeleton to move.
- I can describe that a muscle changes shape (shortens) to pull on another structure.
- I can explain how scientific research has helped with prosthetics: for example, finding new materials, improving the movement of fingers and linking a prosthetic to the brain.
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Vocabulary definitions
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contract
When a muscle shortens and pulls to cause movement.
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involuntary
When something cannot be done by thinking about it.
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Example work
Barton Moss Primary School, Manchester
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In this unit
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: Skeletons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: The bones in our body
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Muscles and movement
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: Eating for survival
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 1st October, 2024
