The Human Skeleton (Protection, Support, Movement)

The human skeleton is the internal framework of the human body. It is composed of around 270 bones at birth – this total decreases to around 206 bones by adulthood after some bones get fused together. The bone mass in the human skeleton reaches maximum density around the age of 21. Every single person has a skeleton made up of many bones. These bones give your body structure, let you move in many ways, protect your internal organs, and more. The skeletal system is composed of four main fibrous and mineralised connective tissues: bones, ligaments,tendons, and joints. The bony skeleton is divided into 2 parts: the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton is the central core unit, consisting of the skull, vertebrae, ribs, and sternum. The appendicular skeleton comprises the bones of the extremities. The skeletal system works as a support structure for your body. It gives the body its shape, allows movement, makes blood cells, provides protection for organs and stores minerals. The skeletal system is also called the musculoskeletal system. In this lesson, students will identify important parts of the human skeleton and explain how the skeleton protects body parts. Additionally, learners will describe how the skeleton supports the body and allows it to move.

This is a quality, ready-made lesson for the Google Classroom ecosystem, leaving the teacher with little to plan or prepare except choosing what is required for students.

The lesson includes:

• Lesson road-map: timing recommendations for teachers.
• Starter activity: designed to engage students immediately thereby increasing focus and managing behaviour in the classroom.
• Learning: student-centred learning tasks aimed at encouraging self responsibility for learning, developing study skills and learning.
• Application of Learning: a menu of classroom tasks, graded by challenge, based on the learning element of the class. Stretch & Challenge tasks are provided for gifted and talented students as well as a creative writing task with a language framework for students of all abilities.
• Final Plenary: This links back to the lesson objectives and ensures that the teacher is better able to carry out assessment for learning (AFL) and identify general student progress.
• Teacher Resources: classroom content, worksheets and feedback resources are filed under this section.
• Teacher Notes: Recommendations for teachers in the speaker notes sections of many Google Slides.

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