Knowledge Organiser- Year 3 Working Scientifically: Asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiry to answer
to answer them. Setting up simple practical
enquiries, comparative, and fair tests. Making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using
Animals Including Humans standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers. Gathering, recording, classifying, and presenting data in a
variety of ways to help in answering questions.
VOCABULARY
What do we need to survive and be healthy? Key Knowledge
vertebrate- An animal
with a backbone inside Balanced diet Water Air Exercise Hygiene
their body. (Food) -To name the nutrients found in
bones- The hard parts food.
inside your body which
form your skeleton. -To state that to be healthy we
skeleton- The
need to eat the right types of food
framework of bones in
your body. to give us the correct amount of
backbone (Spine) The these nutrients.
column of small, linked
bones down the middle The Skeletal System. Skeleton -Name some bones that make up
of your back. the skeleton giving examples that
muscle- move the All mammals (including humas), birds, fish,
different parts of your reptiles and amphibians are vertebrates. support, help them move or
body, inside and out. This means they have a skeleton inside their provide protection.
healthy- feeling well and bodies.
not suffering any illness.
exercise- a physical The human skeleton is made of bones and grows -To describe how muscles and
activity to keep your as we grow. Our skull protects our brain and our
ribs protect our heart and lungs.
joints help them to move. Classify
body fit.
hygiene- how clean
food groups (high/low nutrients),
The skeleton bends at joints such as knees
something is. answer about nutrients in food,
and ankles. Joints are where two or more
disease- an illness which
bones join together. use data to look for patterns. Give
affects people, animals similarities and differences
or plants.
bacteria or virus. between skeletons.
balanced diet- Choosing
foods in the right
amounts from each of
the food groups.
Year 3
Three types of skeleton.
Animals Including Humans
Endoskeleton Exoskeleton Hydrostatic skeleton
Muscles
Your body has over 650 muscles and may
different types of joints to allow your bodies
to move in different ways.
They are attached to the skeleton to help us
Skeleton is on the outside. They shed their move. They either contract (bunch up) or
The skeleton does not consist of bones.
Skeleton inside the body. As the skeleton. Skeleton does not grow with the
animal, so it sheds it and grows a new one.
They are all invertebrates. They have fluid relax (go back to normal) to move the bones.
animal grows so does the skeleton. filled compartments in their body. It takes 17 muscles to smile
It takes 43 muscles to frown!
Drink plenty of water. A Balanced Diet Muscles in
the body Our arm muscles
Carbohydrates give us
Pectorals
energy.
Triceps
Proteins help our Biceps (back)
bodies repair
Abdominals
themselves.
Fats help store energy
Quadriceps Hamstring
for our bodies.
(back)
Fibre is important for
Calves
helping us digest our (back)
food.
Nutrition
Nutrition means getting the food they need to grow and be healthy.