Movement and Structural Support

Virginia SOL AP.3

Investigate how body systems work together to enable movement and provide structural support.

What students need to be able to do

  • Identify the major components of the skeletal, nervous, and muscular systems.
  • Develop and use models to illustrate the structure and function of body systems in movement and support.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how the structure of cells and tissues in body systems affect movement and support.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how movement and support require body systems to work independently and together.
  • Plan and conduct investigations related to movement and support in body systems.
  • Explain a disorder, disease, injury, lifestyle, or component of aging that affects movement and support.