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Lesson Plan Types of Skeletons

This document discusses the three main types of skeletons - endoskeletons, exoskeletons, and hydrostatic skeletons. It provides examples of animals that have each type and describes the pros and cons. The learning sequence has students identify vertebrates and invertebrates, name the three skeleton types, give examples of animals that have each, and sort statements about the pros and cons of each type.

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Lesson Plan Types of Skeletons

This document discusses the three main types of skeletons - endoskeletons, exoskeletons, and hydrostatic skeletons. It provides examples of animals that have each type and describes the pros and cons. The learning sequence has students identify vertebrates and invertebrates, name the three skeleton types, give examples of animals that have each, and sort statements about the pros and cons of each type.

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Animals Including Humans: Types of Skeletons

Aim: Success Criteria: Resources:


Identify that humans and some other I can name the three different types of skeletons. Lesson Pack
animals have skeletons by investigating
I can explain the pros and cons of different types Scissors
skeleton types.
of skeletons.
Glue sticks
I can sort animals based on their skeletons.
Key/New Words: Preparation:
Skeleton, endoskeleton, exoskeleton, hydrostatic Types Of Skeleton Activity Sheet - one
skeleton, invertebrate, vertebrate per child

Prior Learning: It will be helpful if children can explore different human or animal skeletons.

Learning Sequence

Skeleton: What do you associate with the word skeleton? Children to discuss with a partner and feedback to
the whole class.

Vertebrates and Invertebrates: Read the definition of a vertebrate/invertebrate. Show an example of an animal
with each type of skeleton.

Vertebrates Or Invertebrates: Go through the pictures of various animals. Children decide whether the animal
shown is an invertebrate or a vertebrate. Address any misconceptions that arise – e.g. children who believe a
butterfly has a backbone because it has a long body.

Types of Skeletons: Show picture of three types of skeletons. What do you think the words endoskeleton,
exoskeleton and hydrostatic skeleton mean?

Endoskeleton: Read description of an endoskeleton.


Exoskeleton: Read description of an exoskeleton. A video is hyperlinked to the crab illustration on this slide.
Teacher Note - Please check that the content in this link/links, including any comments, is suitable for your
educational environment before showing. Please do not let the next video automatically play at the end of the
clip.
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Hydrostatic Skeleton: Read description of a hydrostatic skeleton.

Skeleton Types: Children discuss the question. Can you give an example of an animal that has an endo, exo or
hydrostatic skeleton? with a talk partner and feedback to the class.

Sorting Skeletons Types: Sorting Skeleton Types Activity Sheet.

Children to sort Children to sort Children to sort


animals according to animals according to animals according to
their skeleton type. their skeleton type and their skeleton type.
give own examples of Children to write one
animals for each type pro and one con for
of skeleton. each type of skeleton.

Pros and Cons of Different Skeleton Types: Children sort statements describing the pros and cons of different
types of skeletons. Which type of skeleton is best? Why?

Taskit
Drawit: Draw a human being with an exoskeleton or a hydrostatic skeleton.
Filmit: Create a short video explanation of the different types of skeleton with children acting out how they would move based on the
different types of skeletons.
Writeit: Create a poster advertising a type of skeleton using persuasive language.
Visitorit: Ask a professional animal handler to come in and show animals with a variety of different types of skeletons.

Science | Year 3 | Animals Including Humans | Types of Skeletons | Lesson 2

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