Year 8 · Science
Skeletal and muscular systems in Year 8 Science
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Focus on muscles bones tendons and ligaments. Open support for “Compare Antagonistic Muscle Pairs”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 8 learners practise muscles bones tendons and ligaments.
The activities include Compare Antagonistic Muscle Pairs, Describe What Tendons and Ligaments Are, Draw Conclusions When Investigating the Force Exerted by Muscles, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Compare Antagonistic Muscle Pairs — support from Oak National Academy
- Describe What Tendons and Ligaments Are — support from BBC Bitesize
- Draw Conclusions When Investigating the Force Exerted by Muscles — support from YouTube — SciencePalmer
- Evaluate an Investigation on the Force Exerted by Muscles — support from YouTube — Helpful Professor
- Plan an Investigation on the Force Exerted by Muscles — support from YouTube — MooMooMath and Science
- Understand How Antagonistic Muscles Cause Movement — support from Oak National Academy
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Oak: Movement
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The skeletal system - Skeleton - Living organisms
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Working Scientifically - Conclusions
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Reliability vs Validity
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Identify Variables in a Scientific Investigation
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Oak lesson slides: Movement
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What are skeletal muscles?
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Joint Tissues and Functions Labelling Worksheet
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Measuring the Force Exerted by Muscles
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Oak worksheet: Movement
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Joint Tissues Match and Draw
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Science Practical Worksheet: Conclusion
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Science Practical Worksheet: Evaluation
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Science Practical Worksheet: Variables
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