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Flex Those Muscles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the muscular system to examine the different types of muscles in our bodies and how they work with other body systems. They discover how muscles help us chew food and laugh. Videos are used as part of this lesson.
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Sing Along with the Muscles Song

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review the muscles of the body. They perform the functions of the muscles of the body to the tune of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
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Skeletal System

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe and identify the parts of the skeleton and how they support the body. They observe two chicken bones that have been soaked in vinegar for 5 - 7 days. They observe the bone's appearance after it has been removed...
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The Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore the inside of the human body as they compare the bones and joints of a chicken wing with their own hands and arms.
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Bone Transformations

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars create a picture from the shape of a bone. In this life science and art lesson plan, students discuss their bones and their purposes, then use a picture of a bone as a starting point for an artistic transformation. Lesson...
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Bone Relay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reinforce their ability to identify bones of the body in a game setting using a Volleyball net, clothes pins, x-rays or pictures of human bones and joints.
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Healthy Field Day

For Teachers K - 5th
Hosting a Healthy Field Day will take a lot of planning and organization, but with a lot of parent participation it can come together very well. The resource describes seven stations of the ten that were presented. Each of these has a...
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Use It or Lose It

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the effects of resistance training on the muscles. Data on the muscle mass of rats is examined is graphed to determine any increase in mass due to training.
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Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine how muscles can work together with joints.  In this movement instructional activity students use a marionette to observe how muscles work. 
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Our Amazing Skeleton

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the skeleton, about the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. They discover how to take care of their bones here on Earth to prevent osteoporosis, or, weakening of the...
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Human Anatomy- How Do We Move?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the muscular system. For this muscular system lesson, students first draw a realistic representation of their leg or arm bones. Students do several activities to attach these bones to "joints" with string to simulate the...
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MuscleMania

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn three different types of muscles. By building a model of the arm, they learn its basic anatomy and how muscles function in relationship to bones. They perform an experiment on the relationship between muscle size...
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Natural Born Robots: Body Builders

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students perform activities to explore how their arm works and what muscles are involved. They view animated comparisons of human and robotic arms. Students create a model of the human arm.
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Happy, Healthy Me

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners become taste testers and experience an alphabet of nutritious snacks. They also discover more about their muscles and bones and the importance of exercise.
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Rattle Your Bones and Flex Your Muscles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify bones, muscles and joints. They explore and investigate the interaction between bones, muscles and joints, and movement of the hand or foot. To help the teacher provides a poster of the human skeleton.
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Beams and Bones

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn how parts of the human body interact and how bones and muscles work together.
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Broken Bones

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars listen to a lecture on broken bones. They review the proper first aid techniques and practice setting splints on one another. They observe X-rays and animal bones.
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Bones and Muscles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to bones as the body's means of support and protection. They research bone facts and conduct an experiment with chicken bones. They identify and observe involuntary muscles at work.
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Human Machine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the human body by conducting an exercise in class. In this human anatomy lesson, students view a diagram of the human body and identify the specific bones and joints that allow us to perform specific exercises like...
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Skeletons

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students investigate the human skeletal system. Students read factual paragraphs with details about the bones in the human body and in some other species as well. Students complete a crossword puzzle.
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Skeleton

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the skeleton. In this human body lesson, students draw and label bones in the body by tracing each other and creating a skeleton out of body parts and brass fastners.
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Bones of the Hand

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this hand worksheet, students trace their hands and answer short answer questions about their hands. Students complete 2 questions.
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What is the Skeletal System?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the human skeletal system. In this biology lesson, students trace the outline of their body onto butcher paper and fill in the names of the bones. Students use an overhead transparency of the human skeletal system to...
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Health: The Skeleton with a Message

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify human muscles and bones from a cardboard skeleton, named "Mr. Skelly." Using dialog balloons as props, the teacher holds up advice from Mr. Skelly, such as noting he drinks milk to keep his bones strong. The lesson...

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