Improving muscle strength (non-statutory)
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can design a fitness circuit to improve muscle strength.
Key learning points
- Muscles that are found close together on your body often help you to perform similar movements.
- Athletes focus their training on different muscles depending on their sport .
- Humans can improve the strength of their muscles through exercise, such as lifting weights.
- A complete fitness circuit should aim to improve the strength of different muscles in the body.
Keywords
Muscles - Muscles are parts of the body which pull, causing bones to move.
Athlete - An athlete is a person who is good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in organised events.
Exercises - Exercises involve using effort to move our bodies so that they are fit and healthy.
Fitness circuit - A fitness circuit is a type of workout that involves doing exercises that target different groups of muscles.
Stretches - Stretches are when you extend your body, or a part of your body, in order to stretch your muscles.
Common misconception
May believe that if you have small, weak muscles you can’t make them bigger and stronger.
Show the children that through using certain exercises most people can make their muscles stronger.
Teacher tip
Be aware of different body shape and sizes. Celebrate body diversity and use examples of people that have lean muscles which are just as strong as those with big muscles. It is a good idea to perform a class warm up first in task B.
Equipment
See additional material.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - equipment
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which statement is correct about muscles?
Q2.Our muscles support our bodies and help us to and balance.
Q3.True or false? Our muscles are made from bone.
Q4.Which of the following things do we need to do to stay healthy?
Q5.When we do , such as play football or walk to school, we are moving our body to help us keep fit and healthy.
Q6.Put these types of exercise in order from most strenuous to least strenuous.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.We have different throughout out body to help our bones move.
Q2.Match the muscles that are found close together, to the movement they help you make.
turn head
sketch a picture
carrying a rucksack
stand on your tiptoes
wave goodbye
Q3.Humans can improve the of their muscles through exercise, such as lifting weights.
Q4.Match the type of athlete to the muscles they would need to strengthen to help them in their chosen sport.
hand and wrist muscles
arm and shoulder muscles
feet and thigh muscles
leg and buttock muscles
Q5.A complete fitness circuit should aim to improve the strength of ...
Q6.Why is it important to stretch muscles before exercise?
To help you plan your 3 science lesson on: Improving muscle strength (non-statutory), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 3 science lesson on: Improving muscle strength (non-statutory), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 science lessons from the Introduction to the human skeleton and muscles unit, dive into the full primary science curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.