Lesson 3: Design a Super Athlete

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Lesson 3 Design a Super Athlete Today we will
think about how we use our bodies to do
different things.
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Lesson 3 Design a Super Athlete
How many sports can you think of that use these
body parts?
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From Fizzy
Subject Challenge 3
Hello everyone, Well done for completing my
second challenge. Youre all brilliant at
investigating! Its time for your last challenge
and its the trickiest of all. For Challenge 3,
you are going to design your own Super
Athletes. Look at the next 2 slides to help you
get started, then get in the zone and start
designing! Good luck! Fizzy
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Lesson 3 Design a Super Athlete
Fizzys Final Challenge What is a Super
Athlete like?
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Lesson 3 Design a Super Athlete

• Design a Super Athlete
• Choose an activity. (E.g. bean-bag throwing.)
• Which muscles do you think your athlete will use
  most in this activity? (E.g. upper arm
  muscles/lower arm muscles/hand muscles/shoulder
  muscles.)
• Design an experiment to test your prediction.
  (E.g. I will try throwing using just my
  shoulder/hand/upper arm/lower arm muscles and
  measure how far the bean bag goes for each.)
• How will you make it a fair test? (E.g. the same
  person will carry out all the tests.)
• Draw your Super Athlete and label the important
  muscles.

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From Fizzy
Subject Congratulations Super Athletes!
Hello everyone, Congratulations! You have
completed all three challenges and are now
members of Fizzys Super Athletes Club! Ive
sent you some club wristbands to write your names
on. Enjoy wearing them and remember Stay
fit! Stay healthy! Keep investigating! Fizzy
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Lesson 3 Design a Super Athlete
For more on measuring and the importance of
muscles to movement, try these links A short
BBC video on measuring jumps http//www.bbc.co.uk/
learningzone/clips/reading-scales/3143.html A
fun interactive game about muscles and
bones http//www.bonesandharry.co.uk/main/main.htm
l A short BBC video on muscles and
movement http//www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/m
uscles-and-movement/2305.html (BBC links
courtesy of BBC Learning Class Clips) These
links to third party material were correct and
up-to-date at the time of publication. It is
essential for teachers to preview each web link
before using it in class so as to ensure that the
URL is still accurate, relevant and appropriate.
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within the In the Zone Super Athletes unit for
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