Animals including Humans Year 3 Lesson 4 LI: To identify similarities and differences of parts of the skeleton in some other species

Input What is the role of a skeleton?

What do these pictures have in common?

Different types of skeleton Endoskeleton – The skeleton is inside the body and only visible by X-ray. – For example; mammals, fish and birds have internal skeletons. Exoskeleton – The skeleton of the animal is on the outside. – Animals such as insects, spiders and crustaceans have external skeletons.

Compare the exoskeleton and endoskeleton

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