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Muscles and Tendons

Introduction

Watch a four-minute video, "How Do Our Bodies Move?" You can also watch two six-minute videos, "How Your Muscles Work" and "The Muscular System".

Activity 1

Use playdough to add muscles to a skeleton model.

Curriculum areas: S12c

Activity 2

Make various motions slowly, feeling for the muscles moving: make a fist, flex your elbow, kick in slow-motion, etc.

Curriculum areas: S12c, S06a

Lunch Snack

Muscles need protein to grow. Find high-protein foods to eat, like eggs, nuts, meat, cheese, or beans.

Curriculum areas: S13c

Activity 3

Make a hand tendons model using straws and string. Add it to the anatomy model outline.

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Curriculum areas: M08d, S12c

Activity 4

Use long balloons and cardboard tubes to demonstrate how muscles work.

Curriculum areas: S12c

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