Year 3 Skeletons and Nutrition Worksheet - Beginner

Year 3 Skeletons and Nutrition worksheet for Year 3 (Key Stage 2 / Year 3-6 (Ages 7-11)). Beginner level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Bones, Muscles and Food: How Our Bodies Work

Year 3 Science • Beginner • Ages 7–8

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Instructions: Explore how food helps humans and other animals, and how skeletons and muscles support, protect and move bodies. Read each prompt carefully and write your answers in the boxes. Use the word bank and examples to help you get started.

A Balanced Plate

Use the word bank to complete each sentence. Choose the best word for each gap; you may use a word more than once. Think about how different foods help the body.

Word bank: energy, growth, repair, healthy

1. Food gives our bodies __________ to move and play.

2. Some foods help our bodies grow and __________.

3. Eating a variety of foods helps us stay __________.

4. Protein-rich foods can help the body with growth and __________.

5. Bread and potatoes can give the body __________.

What Do Animals Eat?

Read each animal and its food. Write the animal’s food in the box. Then decide whether the animal eats plants, other animals, or both, and write your choice after the food.

Choose from: plants, other animals, both

1. A rabbit eats grass and leaves. Food: __________ ; group: __________

2. A lion eats meat from other animals. Food: __________ ; group: __________

3. A cow eats grass. Food: __________ ; group: __________

4. A chicken eats seeds and small insects. Food: __________ ; group: __________

5. A fox eats berries and small animals. Food: __________ ; group: __________

Skeletons: Support and Protection

Choose the correct answer for each question. The options include familiar body parts and their jobs. Circle one answer for each question.

1. What does the skeleton help the body do?

2. Which bones protect the brain?

3. What do the ribs help protect?

4. What is one job of the backbone?

5. Which part of the skeleton helps protect the heart and lungs?

Muscles Make Movement

Write a short answer in each box. Remember that muscles work with bones to help the body move. Use the word bank for support.

Word bank: muscles, bones, joints, contract

1. What works with bones to help us move?

2. What are the places where bones meet called?

3. When a muscle gets shorter, it can __________ and pull on a bone.

4. Name one movement you can make using your muscles and bones.

5. A skeleton gives the body support and helps it keep its __________.

Science Check: Food, Bones and Muscles

Choose the best answer. Look for clues in each question: food gives energy and supports growth, while bones and muscles work together for support and movement.

1. Which food is a source of energy?

2. Which body part protects the brain?

3. How do muscles help bones move?

4. Which animal eats both plants and other animals?

5. What do bones and muscles help us do together?

Answer Key

Activity 1: energy ; repair ; healthy ; repair ; energy

Activity 2: grass and leaves, plants ; meat, other animals ; grass, plants ; seeds and small insects, both ; berries and small animals, both

Activity 3: Support its shape ; Skull ; Heart and lungs ; It supports the body ; Rib cage

Activity 4: Muscles ; Joints ; contract ; Accept a suitable movement, such as walking, running or jumping ; shape

Activity 5: Potato ; Skull ; They pull on bones ; Fox ; Move