musculoskeletal system: skeleton, muscles, joints & Skin
Essential Understandings
The human musculoskeletal system supports the body and allows movement.
Essential Questions
What is the basic structure and function of the human musculoskeletal system?
How do the skeletal, muscular and integumentary systems define how we look and move?
Standards
7.2 Many organisms, including humans, have specialized organ systems that interact with each other to maintain dynamic internal balance.
7.2.b. Multicellular organisms need specialized structures and systems to perform basic life functions.
C17. Explain how the human musculoskeletal system supports the body and allows movement.
Connecticut Curriculum Standards and Assessment Expectations: Grades 6 - 8, Science, C INQ.1-10
Next Generation Science Standards, Science and Engineering Practices 1-8, April 2013
Lesson Objectives
Key Ideas
Study Guides
Vocabulary - See quizlets below
Grade 6
Grades 7/8
Skeleton and Joint powerpoint
A FANTASTIC powerpoint on joints by http://www.slideshare.net/KemUnited/joints-articulations
Class Assignments
Chapter 2 Lesson 1
Chapter 2 Lesson 2
Chapter 2 Lesson 3
Links for Optional Media Resources
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Bones and Muscles
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Skin
Skeletal System: Anatomy
Kid's Health - Bones
Optional Resources/Study Aids
Specialized Cells and Tissues
BBC Skeleton and Joints
BBC Human Anatomy - Skeleton
BBC Human Interactive - Skeleton and Muscles
Build a skeleton
Biology Games and Simulations
ABCya! Learn the Skeletal System
Build a Skeleton
The Skeleton: Bones and Joints
Label the Muscles Interactive
Other Cool Stuff Related to These Lessons
Tyler's Musculosketal System
Biology of the Musculoskeletal System
Inner body - Skeletal System
National Geographic - Skin
Teen Health - Bones, Muscles and Joints
BBC Skeleton Interactive
The Incredible Human Machine - Skin
The human musculoskeletal system supports the body and allows movement.
Essential Questions
What is the basic structure and function of the human musculoskeletal system?
How do the skeletal, muscular and integumentary systems define how we look and move?
Standards
7.2 Many organisms, including humans, have specialized organ systems that interact with each other to maintain dynamic internal balance.
7.2.b. Multicellular organisms need specialized structures and systems to perform basic life functions.
C17. Explain how the human musculoskeletal system supports the body and allows movement.
Connecticut Curriculum Standards and Assessment Expectations: Grades 6 - 8, Science, C INQ.1-10
Next Generation Science Standards, Science and Engineering Practices 1-8, April 2013
Lesson Objectives
- Investigate and explain in writing the basic structure and function of the human skeletal system.
- Differentiate between the structures and range of motion associated with ball, socket and hinge joints and relate human joints to simple machines.
- Demonstrate how the muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones interact to support the human body and allow movement.
Key Ideas
- The human skeletal system includes bones joined together by ligaments. The skeletal system functions to shape and support the body, protect internal organs, enable movement, form blood cells, and store minerals such as calcium and phosphorous.
- Joints are places where two bones come together and body movement can occur. The structure of a joint (for example, ball and socket, hinge or pivot) determines the kind of movement possible at that point.
- The human muscular system includes skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles. The skeletal muscles are attached to bones by tendons and they are responsible for the movement of the body. The cardiac muscle is responsible for the pumping action of the heart and the smooth muscles are related to the movement of the internal organs.
- The muscular and skeletal systems interact to support the body and allow movement.
Study Guides
Vocabulary - See quizlets below
Grade 6
Grades 7/8
Skeleton and Joint powerpoint
A FANTASTIC powerpoint on joints by http://www.slideshare.net/KemUnited/joints-articulations
Class Assignments
Chapter 2 Lesson 1
Chapter 2 Lesson 2
Chapter 2 Lesson 3
Links for Optional Media Resources
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Bones and Muscles
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Skin
Skeletal System: Anatomy
Kid's Health - Bones
Optional Resources/Study Aids
Specialized Cells and Tissues
BBC Skeleton and Joints
BBC Human Anatomy - Skeleton
BBC Human Interactive - Skeleton and Muscles
Build a skeleton
Biology Games and Simulations
ABCya! Learn the Skeletal System
Build a Skeleton
The Skeleton: Bones and Joints
Label the Muscles Interactive
Other Cool Stuff Related to These Lessons
Tyler's Musculosketal System
Biology of the Musculoskeletal System
Inner body - Skeletal System
National Geographic - Skin
Teen Health - Bones, Muscles and Joints
BBC Skeleton Interactive
The Incredible Human Machine - Skin