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Muscle Flexibility and Strength

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Fourth graders listen to the definition of muscle strength and observe the teacher demonstrate how to do an abdominal crunch. They then do abdominal crunches for 20 seconds. They gather information about flexibility and strength and perform various stretches for one minute.

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4th
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Health
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Skills Practice
Year
2003
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