Keeping our bodies strong
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain how bones and muscles make my body strong.
Key learning points
- Our bodies are amazing and can help us do lots of things.
- Our skeleton is made up of bones of all shapes and sizes.
- Our bones protect organs, provide support and help our bodies to move.
- Muscles work together to help us move our bones.
- A healthy diet and exercise can help keep our bones and muscles strong.
Keywords
Skeleton - a set of bones that are connected together
Calcium - a mineral that helps to build strong bones and teeth
Protein - a nutrient which helps the body to grow and become strong
Exercise - moving our bodies to stay strong and healthy
Common misconception
All exercise is the same.
Different exercises have a different impact on the body. For example, weight bearing exercises can strengthen bones, whereas resistance exercises can strengthen muscles.
Teacher tip
Show pupils some examples of simple exercises that they could do to strengthen their bones and muscles.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.To stay healthy, we should have a diet.
Q2.Which of the following can help us to stay healthy?
Q3.Match the healthy habits with their examples.
washing our hands and bodies regularly
walking to school every day
doing some colouring to calm down
trying different fruits and vegetables
Q4.True or false? We should all exercise for about an hour a day.
Q5.Which of these are helpful for making bones and teeth strong?
Q6.Match the following statements to whether they are true or false.
true
false
true
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Humans have a inside their body, which is a set of bones connected together.
Q2.An adult has fewer bones than they were born with because some fuse together. True or false?
Q3.How many different types of muscle are there in the human body?
Q4.Match the types of muscle to their job.
help to move bones at the joints
help to keep the heart pumping
found in organs, such as the eye, where they control light going in
Q5.Our diet should contain enough , calcium and vitamin D to help our muscles and bones to grow strong.
Q6.Match the exercise to the part of the body it would strengthen the most.
muscles
muscles
bones and joints
bones and joints
muscles
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