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Year 9 · Science

Skeletal And Muscular Systems

Year 9 learners practise joints bones and muscles as levers.

The activities include Compare the Different Joints in the Body, Describe How our Bones are like Levers, Describe the Different Joints in the Body, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare the Different Joints in the Body
  • Describe How our Bones are like Levers
  • Describe the Different Joints in the Body
  • Explain How Joints are like Pivots
  • Explain The Role of Tendons and Ligaments
  • Identify Levers and Pivots in the Human Body

Checked learning resources

  • Movement

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can explain how muscles work together to move bones at joints. This KS3 science video lesson directly teaches the concepts and scientific action required by "Compare the Different Joints in the Body".

  • Levers

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can identify levers and describe their purpose and how they work. This KS3 science video lesson directly teaches the concepts and scientific action required by "Describe How our Bones are like Levers".

  • Living organisms - KS3 Biology

    BBC Bitesize · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS3 science teaching, examples and practice checks for Skeletal And Muscular Systems; selected for the concepts in "Compare the Different Joints in the Body" after reviewing the full worksheet context.

  • Human skeleton and muscles: lesson sequence

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    This KS3 Oak unit provides sequenced teaching on Human skeleton and muscles. It includes the lesson objective closest to the full worksheet context: Movement.

  • Hidden forces: lesson sequence

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    This KS3 Oak unit provides sequenced teaching on Hidden forces. It includes the lesson objective closest to the full worksheet context: Levers.