Muscles and Moving Title Muscles Lesson Objectives Understand

Muscles and Moving

Title: Muscles Lesson Objectives - Understand the main functions of muscles - Describe the function of major muscle groups - Explain how antagonistic muscles cause movement

Brainstorm in your books what parts of the body are being used…

TASK Not everybody in this classroom can do those exercises. What does this tell us about our muscles and body?

Antagonistic Pairs Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

Task Who can remember the function of mitochondria? How is mitochondria useful for muscles?

TASK Order the sentences to describe the movement of an antagonistic pair - The bicep begins to contract and the tricep relaxes lifting the ball - The arm is fully bent towards the body - The tricep is contracted while the bicep is relaxed and the arm is extended - The bicep is fully contracted and the tricep is fully relaxed

TASK Write these steps in your books - The tricep is contracted while the bicep is relaxed and the arm is extended - The bicep begins to contract and the tricep relaxes lifting the ball - The arm is fully bent towards the body - The bicep is fully contracted and the tricep is fully relaxed

Thinking Skills Leg bone, leg muscle, fat

Thinking Skills Amy cannot mover her right lower arm up and down

EXIT TICKET 4 • Understand the main functions of the skeleton 5 • Identify the main bones in the human skeleton and correctly use the terms 6 • Relate the properties of bones to their functions

HOMEWORK CHALLENGE Most creative piece of work will have five House Points awarded