How we move.

Locomotor System Teaching Unit.5th grade.

In this unit we are going to learn:

• The musculoskeletal system.– Bones.– Muscles.

Block 3. Health and personal development.

• Functioning of the Human Body. Anatomy and Physiology. Systems.

Objectives.

• To know the names of bones and muscles.• To recognize them in a skeleton.• To be able to identify bones out of the skeleton.• To use ICT’s for searching information.

Introducing the Topic.

Lesson 1.

• Discussion with the children about what they have found in Internet.

• Our new classmate.

• Explanation of what the Musculoskeletal system is.

Lesson 2. Bones. Our scaffold.

Cranium

Mandible

Humerus

Clavicle

Ribs

RadiusUlnaPelvis

Spinal column

Femur

Tibia Fibula

Sternum

We can also hang labels in our class skeleton.

Lesson 2. Bones.

Lesson 3. Muscles.•What are muscles.

•Names of the most basic muscles.

•To relation them with the bones.

Archaeologists

• Go to the playground.• Archaeological dig.

1st activity.

2nd actiivity.

•In groups of 5.•With the bones they have gathered, they have to build the skeleton.