Science Quarter 1

The purpose of this unit study on bones and muscles is to help students learn and understand the function and purpose of the bones and muscles in the body. Students will do various activities to help them discover the purpose of the bones and muscles in the skeletal and muscular systems and the importance of health.

Big Ideas:

Structure and Function

Systems and System Models

Essential and Guiding Questions:

How are organisms structured to carry on the necessary functions of life?

How do the functions of the skeletal and muscular systems compare?

What are the major structures and functions of the …skeletal system? …muscular system?

What is the structure and function of the skin?

How does the skin protect the body and help humans to remain healthy?

Enduring Understandings:

The structures in living things function to meet the needs of living things.

The human body needs structures for support, movement, and protection.

Humans and other animals have skeletons that provide support, protection and movement.

The main function of muscles is to facilitate movement.

Muscles are attached to bones.

The skin helps to protect humans in many different ways.