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Human skeleton and muscles

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  • BQ01 Biology: What are living things and what are they made of?

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This unit investigates the structure and functions of the human skeleton, including support, protection, movement, and blood cell production. Explore biomechanics, the interaction of muscles and the skeleton, and antagonistic muscles while measuring muscle force.

This unit builds on pupils’ prior learning from Cells, where they explored cell structures and functions as the basic units of life. It extends their understanding by examining how the human skeleton and muscles work together for support, protection, and movement. This prepares pupils for the next unit, Diffusion, where they will apply their knowledge of cellular functions to understand how substances move in and out of cells, highlighting the importance of these processes in body systems.

  1. The human skeleton
  2. Muscles
  3. Movement
  4. Biomechanics

  • [Y5] Humans have a skeleton and muscles for support, protection and movement.
  • All organisms, living and dead, are made up of cells.
  • In multicellular organisms, all the tissues and organs are made of cells.
  • Specialised cells in animals and plants have shapes, sizes and structures that are adapted for the jobs the cells do.
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