Starter quiz
- Which one of these is not part of your body?
- head
- leg
- gills ✓
- arm
- foot
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- Match the body part with the correct sense.
- eyes⇔sight ✓
- nose⇔smell ✓
- hands⇔touch ✓
- tongue⇔taste ✓
- ears⇔hearing ✓
- Can you match the animal to the correct group?
- human⇔mammal ✓
- robin⇔bird ✓
- tortoise⇔reptile ✓
- frog⇔amphibian ✓
- shark⇔fish ✓
- As you get older and grow from a baby to an adult, your body...
- shrinks.
- grows. ✓
- stays the same.
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- Which of these things do we need to do to stay healthy?
- Eat a balanced diet. ✓
- Get plenty of sleep. ✓
- Watch television.
- Do some exercise. ✓
- A human is a type of...
- plant.
- animal. ✓
- bird.
- reptile.
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Exit quiz
- What is your skeleton made from?
- plastic
- metal
- bone ✓
- rubber
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- Which of these is the name of a bone in your skeleton?
- face
- skull ✓
- hair
- brain
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- Are all the bones in your skeleton the same shape?
- Yes all my bones are long and hard to make my skeleton.
- No they are all different shapes as they all do something different.
- Some are the same shape and some are different. ✓
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- Why is your skeleton important?
- It supports my body. ✓
- It keeps my body healthy.
- It helps my body to sleep.
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- Match the statements to describe features of bones.
- The outside of a bone is⇔hard, to support your body. ✓
- The inside of a bone is⇔soft, because it is filled with marrow. ✓
- What type of image shows a doctor you have broken a bone?
- painting
- drawing
- X-ray ✓
- photograph
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- All humans have a skeleton made up of many bones.
- The bones of the human skeleton are solid, strong and are various shapes.
- X-rays show us what our bones look like.
- The skeleton supports our body which would be ‘floppy’ without it.
Common misconception
Children may think their bones are not connected to each other.
Show the children how bones are connected to form a skeleton that supports their body.
Keywords
Skeleton - A skeleton is the set of bones inside an animal's body that supports its shape, helps it move, and protects important parts.
Bones - Bones are a hard and stiff material that make up a skeleton.
X-ray - An X-ray is used to create an image of our bones.
Support - An animal's body needs a skeleton which supports it to be able stay upright and keep its shape.
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