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Lesson 3: Muscles and movement

Learning how muscles cause movements in the body and exploring how scientific advances support the development of prosthetics.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Movement is the answer and ask the children to think of questions that would result in the word 'movement' (or other derivatives, such as move or moving).

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