Lesson Plan

Teach Engineering: Move Your Muscles!

Curated by ACT

This lesson covers the topic of muscles. Learners learn about the three different types of muscles in the human body and the effects of microgravity on muscles. Students also learn how astronauts need to exercise in order to lessen muscle atrophy in space. Learners discover what types of equipment engineers design to help the astronauts exercise while in space.

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Concepts
engineering, exercise, movement, space, stem, microgravity
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Additional Tags
atrophy, cardiac, human body, skeletal, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, astronaut, engineer, muscle, support and movement
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)