# Muscles and Tendons

#### Introduction

Watch a four-minute video, "[How Do Our Bodies Move](https://youtu.be/j918PoWWaB0)?" You can also watch two six-minute videos, "[How Your Muscles Work](https://youtu.be/f_F5UwtdPOc)" and "[The Muscular System](https://youtu.be/rGR1eUGV-tA)".

#### Activity 1

Use playdough to add muscles to a skeleton model.

**![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfdTIpY8VBmDQ1Xfcggb4yfugcd8U80R1Q3Udz4LdZZprNXY8DWgig6w85t67483gt1YIKaMq4o3qKdm2z8XyUi_cSaH_7BBqCwSS-UV1BfuFcpIiUuDoIev1Vk2Zs7aCgRAIVY4NjEX7_GpSwwwE4DivgP?key=VZqyiLPPq34DFbksopDr-w)**

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.

**![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXf3eq9sG0wk-2Hv_Z7fwpFz1_AcBdvPAy-FAq44t87_ZzK1zcqyag7I6elBymtRJt_zVcM8oWSCUi4gq-argoF985KtCPui-TnvnvXPHzK4-NfIbwjyzuQ2t8h3WxtNs-gDRG-bz-RSbEfAjRsmONftM76X?key=VZqyiLPPq34DFbksopDr-w)**[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/ryRNF3GIbppYGo7j-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/ryRNF3GIbppYGo7j-image.png)

Curriculum areas: M08d, S12c

#### Activity 4

Use long balloons and cardboard tubes to [demonstrate how muscles work](https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/17436/how-do-muscles-work/).

**![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfWpQBXGzpRjlRGFiVGZPImAx4PKgwX6MesY94DEsa5ZTSVElYnqAIx0hJcMVkmrVl_seTLr481PfUdFY5W2pV0czPxNGf6nbaiX0U7mcJ8P4PXh85a75hnQprzGdXeV_9Yh7xahUEI3yximdtkTen2ngE?key=VZqyiLPPq34DFbksopDr-w)**

Curriculum areas: S12c