TheLearnDen

Year 8 · Science

Skeletal And Muscular Systems

Year 8 learners practise muscles bones tendons and ligaments.

The activities include Compare Antagonistic Muscle Types, Describe What Tendons and Ligaments Are, Draw Conclusions When Investigating the Force Exerted by Muscles, and related practice. The checked support below includes lesson, video, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare Antagonistic Muscle Types
  • Describe What Tendons and Ligaments Are
  • Draw Conclusions When Investigating the Force Exerted by Muscles
  • Evaluate an Investigation on the Force Exerted by Muscles
  • Plan an Investigation on the Force Exerted by Muscles
  • Understand How Antagonistic Muscles Cause Movement

Checked learning resources

  • Diet and exercise

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 Science resource matched to muscles bones tendons and ligaments.

  • Living organisms - KS3 Biology

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 Science resource matched to muscles bones tendons and ligaments.

  • Oak: Movement

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 science lesson. I can explain how muscles work together to move bones at joints. Bones meet at joints. Muscles can move bones. Muscles can only pull, by contracting, and cannot push. Some muscles work together in

  • The skeletal system - Skeleton - Living organisms

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    The skeleton allows movement, provides support, protection and makes blood cells Find out more with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14. Key points Skeletal and muscular systems Video Function of the ske

  • Working Scientifically - Conclusions

    YouTube — SciencePalmer · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson links conclusions to patterns in results and supporting evidence.

  • Reliability vs Validity

    YouTube — Helpful Professor · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Distinguishes repeatable, consistent results from a valid method that measures the intended variable.

  • Identify Variables in a Scientific Investigation

    YouTube — MooMooMath and Science · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Identifies independent, dependent and controlled variables and uses them to design fair investigations.

  • Oak lesson slides: Movement

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 science lesson. I can explain how muscles work together to move bones at joints. Bones meet at joints. Muscles can move bones. Muscles can only pull, by contracting, and cannot push. Some muscles work together in