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Food, skeletons and muscles

Year 3 · Lower Key Stage 2 · S3-ANIMALS — Nutrition from food; skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Draft — awaiting teacher review

Builds on: Animals grow and stay healthy (Year 2)

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Concept Anchor

Animals cannot make their own food, so they eat it. Protein helps muscles grow. The skeleton supports and protects the body. Muscles move bones by pulling.

Worked example

How does your arm bend?

  1. 1.The muscle at the front of the arm pulls.
  2. 2.It pulls the lower arm bone up.
  3. 3.The arm bends.
II

Guided Check

Which bone protects your brain?

    III

    Independent Diagnostic Practice

    Q1Year 3S3-ANIMALS — Jobs of the skeleton·Fluency·●○○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    What does a skeleton do?

    Q2Year 3S3-ANIMALS — Nutrients·Reasoning·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Which nutrient helps muscles grow and repair?

    Q3Year 3S3-ANIMALS — How muscles move bones·Problem Solving·●●●Draft — awaiting teacher review

    How do muscles move bones?