How can you tell they’ve got it: Joints, Tendons & Ligaments?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Distinguishes between tendons and ligaments and gives the function of each; Describes how a synovial joint works (e.g. the knee or elbow); Explains how force is transmitted from muscle through tendon to bone to produce movement. Or just try it together: If your child hurt their knee playing sport, could they explain what a ligament and a tendon are, where each is found, and what would happen if one got damaged?

Science Organisms & Life Processes Ages 11–13

Joints, Tendons & Ligaments

Your child can explain a knee. A tendon joins muscle to bone, and a ligament joins bone to bone. When a muscle pulls, the tendon moves the bone.

In curriculum terms

Explain biomechanics — the interaction between skeleton and muscles at joints, including the roles of tendons (attach muscle to bone) and ligaments (attach bone to bone)

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Distinguishes between tendons and ligaments and gives the function of each
Describes how a synovial joint works (e.g. the knee or elbow)
Explains how force is transmitted from muscle through tendon to bone to produce movement

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Try this together

If your child hurt their knee playing sport, could they explain what a ligament and a tendon are, where each is found, and what would happen if one got damaged?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

The Human Skeletonages 11–13Understanding joints, tendons and ligaments requires first knowing skeletal structure and function

Joints, Tendons & Ligamentsthis skill · ages 11–13

Unlocks

Muscles Work in Pairsages 11–13Antagonistic muscles only make sense in the context of how muscles attach to bones via joints

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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