Curated OER
Exploring Muscle Action in the Human Body
Students collect and graph data and use the internet to research the skeletal muscles.
Library of Congress
Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Is the Strongest Muscle?
There are a variety of ways one can look at what might be the strongest muscle in the body. This site defines the various types of muscles and goes on to explain which would be considered the strongest.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Muscles and Bones
Do you know which foods have lots of calcium for your bones? How do your bones and muscles work together? What are you doing to keep your muscles strong? Students are exposed to 10 activities that will help them address the...
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Muscles
Everything you've ever needed to know about muscles. To be used as classroom notes or a supplement for learning.
Curated OER
Kids Health: How the Body Works Movies and Activities
Short, colorful movies explain each of the body's systems: skeletal, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, respiratory, endocrine, skin, immune, muscular, and nervous. Once you've seen the movie, click on the Activity Page link for...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Exercise and Muscle Performance
Physical training alters the appearance of skeletal muscles and can produce changes in muscle performance. Conversely, a lack of use can result in decreased performance and muscle appearance. This site helps students understand exercise...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Interactions of Skeletal Muscles
This site rpovides information regarding the interactions of skeletal muscles, including their fascicle arrangement and their lever systems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Skeletal Muscles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure of skeletal muscles and how they move bones.
Other
Get Body Smart: Functional Anatomy of Skeletal Muscles
Brought to you by Get Body Smart, students can learn about the human musculoskeletal system through this easy-to-access tutorial. Sections include muscles that act on the arm, shoulder, forearm, wrist, palm, digits, anterior thigh,...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Overview of Muscle Tissues
This site provides information regarding the three types of muscle tissues: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Muscular System Study Guide
Review the structure and function of the human body's muscular system.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Body Zone: The Muscular System
This introduction to the muscular system of the body describes the three different types of muscles: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Muscular System
What is the muscular system? Learn how muscles work, the different types of muscles, and how exercising effects muscles.