Muscular system lesson 1

GlenroyCollege

Year 10 D

Focus Area
Movement and Physical Activity
-understanding movemnet

Learning Intentions

Location / Setting

Organisation / Student Groups

Classroom

Whole class
Arranged in rows or small groups

Today we are learning about the types of muscle

found in the body and their function.

Special Considerations
EAL and integration students to work with a
partner/ peer mentor
Students without rescouces to be given
appropriate help

Key Vocabulary

Focus Questions

References / Sources / Materials / Resources and

Equipment

-contraction
-extension
-joint stability
-muscular anatomy
-cardiac, smooth, skeletal

What are the 3 types of muscle found in the human

body?

-Teacher devised powerpoint presentation

What are their functions?

-Student devices/textbook if available

What are the 5 properties of muscles?

-Internet
www.sma.org.au

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INTRODUCTION
Establishing prior knowledge. Tuning in activity. Focus
questioning

MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practise

CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry
Share time. Student reflection. What do they now know?

Assessment criteria: Assessment FOR learning

Assessment Criteria: Assessment AS Learning

Assessment Criteria: Assessment OF Learning

Lesson begins with a discussion about the muscular

system, the teacher should be encouraging
students to share their prior knowledge and focus
their responses around the what why and how.

Teacher will present muscular syatem 1/2

powerpoint presentation slides #1-7

Teacher to ask students to come to the front and

write their responses on the board to create a
word map using the key words and phrases that
they know or can identify which relate to the
learning intention.

Students use their electronic devises to

investigate muscle types and complete a short
200 word summary describing the 3 types of
muscle found in the body and their roles,
including any appropriate additional information.

(5 minutes)

(15 minutes)

(10 minutes)

Class concludes with a sharing circle, where students

can share something that they learnt from todays lesson
or something that they found interesting. This space is
also for students to ask any questions about the topic
that they didnt get an opportuinity to during the lesson.
Teacher will spend the last minutes of class introducing
the following class topics and outlining and additional
materials that students should bring.
(5 minutes)

Students are given muscular system labelling

worksheets to complete individually
(10 minutes)
Students then watch the major muscle group
video and complete any parts of their worksheet
still incomplete.
(5 minutes)

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