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Superb Skeletons

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BiologySciencePrimary Education

Lesson by National Museums NI

This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

Lesson duration is: 15 min

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Superb Skeletons

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What you already know

What you are going to learn

What you are going to do

Reflecting on what you have done

How does it work?

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You will know more about the types of animals that have a skeleton

You will be able to talk about the function and features of a skeleton

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Part of the skeleton is the backbone or 'spine'. Which of these words is used for animals with a spine?

Invertebrate

Minibeast

Organism

Vertebrate

Slide 4 - Poll

Answer

Vertebrate is the term we use to describe animals with a backbone.

The 5 groups of vertebrate animals are:

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fish

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Invertebrates have no backbone. Some have a soft body, others might have an 'exoskeleton' - a hard shell protecting them. Can you think of any?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Invertebrates

Invertebrates include animals such as:

Crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimp)

Insects (flies, butterflies, bees)

Arachnids (spiders, scorpions)

Molluscs (octopus, squid, snails, slugs)

...and many more!

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Why is a skeleton useful?

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Slide 8 - Open question

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Functions of a skeleton

- Structure

- Movement

- Protection

- Making blood cells

- Storing minerals

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How many bones do you think an adult human has?

Slide 10 - Poll

The answer is 206 bones! Can you drag the names of some of these bones to their correct place on the skeleton?