This document provides instructions for a challenge where students will design a "Super Athlete" by choosing an activity, identifying the important muscles used, designing an experiment to test their prediction, and drawing their athlete. It encourages students to stay fit, healthy, and keep investigating. Links are also provided for additional information on measuring and the importance of muscles for movement.

1. Lesson 3: Design a Super Athlete
Today we will think about how we use our bodies
to do different things.

2. How many sports can you think of that use these
body parts?
Lesson 3: Design a Super Athlete

3. From: Fizzy
Subject: Challenge 3
Hello everyone,
Well done for completing my second challenge. You’re all
brilliant at investigating!
It’s time for your last challenge and it’s 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

4. Fizzy’s Final Challenge
What is a Super Athlete like?
Lesson 3: Design a Super Athlete

5. Design a Super Athlete
1. Choose an activity. (E.g. bean-bag throwing.)
2. 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.)
3. 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.)
4. How will you make it a fair test? (E.g. the same person will
carry out all the tests.)
5. Draw your Super Athlete and label the important muscles.
Lesson 3: Design a Super Athlete

6. From: Fizzy
Subject: Congratulations Super Athletes!
Hello everyone,
Congratulations! You have completed all three challenges and
are now members of Fizzy’s Super Athletes’ Club!
I’ve sent you some club wristbands to write your names on.
Enjoy wearing them and remember:
Stay fit!
Stay healthy!
Keep investigating!
Fizzy

7. 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.html
A short BBC video on muscles and movement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/muscles-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.
Lesson 3: Design a Super Athlete

8. This PowerPoint supports the investigations within the In the Zone Super Athletes unit for ages 7-9.
In the Zone is the Wellcome Trust’s major UK initiative inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games. It has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark and is part of Get Set +, the official
London 2012 education programme.
For more information about In the Zone, comics and online activities such as the
Jump! interactive game, go to:
www.getinthezone.org.uk
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