LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Science — Grade 3

Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the form and function of the skeletal and muscle systems of the human body.

Objective 4.02. Describe several functions of bones:

  • Support.
  • Protection.
  • Locomotion.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

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Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Systems of the human body
Students use an online interactive activity to learn about the concept of separate components working together to build a body system. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Dig: Them bones
In this Xpeditions lesson, students compare their body parts, based on commonly used terms, to the bones of the "Turkana Boy" found in the roots of a thorn tree by Africa's Lake Turkana. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic