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. 

 

 

 Curriculum areas: M08d, S12c 

 Activity 4 

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

 

 Curriculum areas: S12c