The Skeletal System: GCSE and A Level Biology/Access- 8 RESOURCES - PPTs and Booklets

To cover both GCSE and A Level/Access Biology courses on the Skeletal System

8 RESOURCES PPTs and Booklets

PPT 1 - GCSE Level - Bones and Blood

Objectives:

Describe how our skeleton, joints and muscles support our body and allow us to move
Describe how we can monitor our level of fitness
Summarise a day in the life of a physiotherapist

PPT 2- The Skeletal System - A Level/Access Biology

Objectives:

1. Describe how our skeleton, joints and muscles support our body and allow us to move
2. Give the functions of cells of the bone
3. Label the parts of a long bone

PPT 3 - The Skeletal System - A Level/Access Biology

Objectives

To recap the functions of the skeletal system
To give the different shapes of bone
To give the different types of joints
To describe the stages of bone formation
To label the Haversian system
To identify the different types of vertebra

Hand-out 1 - GCSE Bones and Blood

The skeleton:
● Label the skeleton
● Describe the three types of joints
● Joints and Bones: Key terms
● Antagonistic pairs of muscles
● A day in the life of a physiotherapist

The heart, the blood and circulation
● Label the heart and give the three stages of the heartbeat.
● Give the differences between arteries, capillaries and veins
● Give the components of blood and their functions

Hand-out 2

- An Introduction to the skeletal system

Hand-out 3

Labelling a long bone
Bone development
Compact and spongy bones
Key word list
Muscle contraction

Hand-out 4

Revision of functions of the skeletal system
Types of joints
Bone development
Labelling of the Haversian System
The vertebrae

Hand-out 5

Further Revision
Bone Shapes
Type of Joints
The Vertebrae
The Haversian System
Muscle contraction