• To understand the 3 main functions of the skeleton
• To describe the structure of joints and link this to movement
• To explain how joints can be injured and the methods to rectify the damage

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• Design a pamphlet for s sports college that educates sports people on injuries to joints, ligaments etc
• Design a poster for the doctor’s waiting room highlighting degenerative diseases such as arthritis or osteoporosis.

All animals need to support their bodies. They also need to move about – they need a skeleton.

• How information is sent from the muscles to the brain. Your muscles are pretty good, but they can't detect small differences. This experiment shows "threshold detection" - a fancy name for the point at which your muscles can detect enough of a weight difference to say to the brain: "Hey, this one is heavier!" Click on the hyperlink below:
• Click here for a quick activity to begin the lesson with The Skeletal system_Starter activity.doc

• Skeleton: with a friend discuss the posture – write a quick guide on how you should lift heavy objects, does this change for pregnant women? Does your back get stiff when on the computers, how could this be helped by changing your posture. Think of 5 things you could do differently to ease your back.
• Joint model: you need to be label to draw the structure of a type of joint such as the elbow, knows the function of ligaments, synovial membrane/fluid and surface cartilage. Draw a joint and label with the words in italic.
• Research how modern surgery helps keep the body mobile (hip replacements, keyhole surgery). Click on the clink https://mail.newlinelearning.com/article1264939.ece  to find out what John Terry and Kelly Holmes had done via keyhole surgery.