Activity 1

Vertebrate And Invertebrate

• Vertebrate And Invertebrate Video
• Classifying Vertebrate And Invertebrate Activity Sheet
• Skeleton Match Activity Sheet
• Glue
• Scissors

• Sc3/1.1 asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• Sc3/1.4 gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Activity 2

Label The Skeleton

• Label The Skeleton Activity Sheet
• Black / coloured A4 paper
• Scissors
• Glue

• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Activity 3

Hand X-Ray

• Black paper / card
• White chalk
• White paint
• Paintbrush

• Ar2/1.2 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Activity 4

Spinal Model

• Stretching Exercise Activity Sheet
• Egg carton
• Paper
• String
• Pencil
• Scissors

• Sc3/1.1 asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Activity 5

Bone Structure Investigation

• Bone Structure Investigation Sheet
• A4 paper
• Scissors
• Tape
• Pencil

• Sc3/1.1 asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• Sc3/1.2 setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
• Sc3/1.5 recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement
• DT2/1.4a apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures

Activity 6

Protecting Organs

• Identifying Organs Activity Sheet
• Inside My Body Activity Sheet
• Protecting Organs Investigation Sheet
• Scissors
• Glue
• Cream crackers
• Paper
• Pencil

• Sc3/1.1 asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Activity 7

Skeleton Support Investigation

• Skeleton Structure Investigation Sheet
• Tennis ball
• 6 sheets of A4 paper
• Sticky tape
• Ruler
• Pencil

• Sc3/1.1 asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement
• Dt2/1.1b generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches
• Dt2/1.3b evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
• Dt2/1.4a apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures

Activity 8

Moving My Body

• Exercise Cards
• Coloured paper
• Pencil
• Music
• Bottle of water
• Post-It notes

• Sc3/1.1 asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• Sc3/2.2b identify that human and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement

Activity 9

Lunchbox

• Animal Diet Cards
• Pencil
• Variety of foods and utensils to prepare a lunch

• Sc3/2.2a identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat
• Dt2/2.1a understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet
• Dt2/2.1b cook a repertoire of predominantly savoury dishes so that they are able to feed themselves and others a healthy and varied diet
• Dt2/2.1c become competent in a range of cooking techniques [for example, selecting and preparing ingredients; using utensils and electrical equipment; applying heat in different ways; using awareness of taste, texture and smell to decide how to season dishes and combine ingredients; adapting and using their own recipes]