BTEC DIPLOMA IN SPORT

Unit 1 – The Body in Sport

Assignment Number: 1
Assignment Title: The effects of exercise on the skeletal system
Learning Outcomes: Pupils to learn about the structure and function of the skeletal
system and how it is affected by exercise
Assignment Deadline: Friday 18th September
Scenario
You are a fitness instructor at your local Sports Centre, and you have been approached by
the Sports Centre Manager to design a booklet/poster with information on the skeleton,
bones and joints within the body that is to be handed out within the fitness suite.

Task Task Description Guidance (things you must Pupils tick

consider/include) when
completed
1 (P1) Label a diagram of the skeleton to Include: Cranium, sternum, ribs,
show its structure vertebral column, clavicle, scapula,
humerus, radius, ulna, pelvis, femur,
tibia, fibula, patella, phalanges, carpals
and tarsals.
2 (P1) Describe the 5 main functions of Protection; movement; shape; support;
the skeleton. blood production
3 (P1) Describe how bones grow. Osteoblasts, osteoclasts etc

4 (P2) Identify the SHORT TERM AND
LONG effects of exercise on
bones and joints
5 (M1) Select 3 different types of
movement within physical activity
(use pictures) and identify the
movement occurring at the
synovial joints
6 (M2) Explain the SHORT AND LONG
TERM effects of exercise on
bones and joints
Bullet point a list of short and long term
effects (e.g: increased production of
synovial fluid)
1) Label the joint being used (e.g:
knee, elbow)
2) Label the type of joint (e.g:
hinge, ball & socket)
3) Label the major bones that
make up that joint (e.g: elbow =
humerus, ulna, radius)
4) Label the type of movement
(e.g: flexion)
Explain ‘why’ and give reasons why the
effects of exercise on bones and joints
(which you identified in task 4) take
place
Grade Criteria - Assignment 1
To achieve a pass grade To achieve a merit grade To achieve a distinction
your evidence must show your evidence must show your evidence must show
that you can: that you can:
P1 describe the structure
and function of the skeletal
and how bones grow.
P2 identify the effects of
exercise on bones and joints
P3 describe the different types
of muscle, the major muscles
in the body, and how muscles
move
P4 identify the effects of
exercise on skeletal muscles
P5 describe the structure and
function of the cardiovascular
system and how it is affected
by exercise
P6 describe the structure and
function of the respiratory
system and how it is affected
by exercise
P7 identify 2 types of physical
activity that use the aerobic
energy system and 2 that use
the anaerobic systems.
that you can:
M1 identify the movement D1 analyse 4 sporting
occurring at synovial joints movements, detailing the
during 3 different types of musculoskeletal actions
physical activity occurring, and the contractions
that are necessary
M2 explain the effects of
exercise on bones and joints D2 analyse the effects of
exercise on the musculoskeletal
M3 give examples of different system
types of muscular contractions
relating to 4 different types of D3 analyse the effects of
physical activity exercise on the cardio-
respiratory system
M4 explain the effects of
exercise on the cardiovascular
system
M5 explain the effects of
exercise on the respiratory
system
M6 explain the energy
requirements of 4 different
types of physical activity