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Activity
Curated OER

Kids Health: My Body

For Students 2nd - 7th
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Muscles and Fascie of the Foot

For Students 9th - 10th
The various muscles in the foot explained in depth including position on the foot, diagrammed, nerves, and action of the muscle. Some of the muscles discussed in the site are extensor digitorum brevis, extensor hallucis brevis and...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: A How the Body Works

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides complete, mini-learning modules about different aspects of the human body. Click on the eyeball to focus your search.
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Handout
Other

Muscles of the Upper Body

For Students 9th - 10th
The muscles of the upper body organized by section and location.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.10 Skeletal Muscles

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the skeletal muscles of the human body.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.9 Muscles

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the different types of muscles in the human body.
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Interactive
What2Learn

What2 Learn: Connective and Muscle Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
This game is suited for students previous knowledge involving the body tissues, specially connective and muscular. After playing this game students may proceed to investigate more about the other types of tissues: Epithelial and Nervous...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organization of the Human Body

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cells, like these nerve cells, do not work in isolation. To send orders from your brain to your legs, for example, signals pass through many nerve cells. These cells...
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Muscles in the Human Body

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of muscles in the human body. How we move and get around.
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Unit Plan
Other

Get Body Smart: Functional Anatomy of Skeletal Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Move Your Muscles!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson covers the topic of muscles. Students 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...
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Interactive
Other

Anatomy Arcade: Poke a Muscle

For Students 9th - 10th
Work your way through the muscles as you play this game. Click on the muscle that is named to earn points. You must get all correct in order to proceed to the next level, which ensures repeated practice if you make errors. There are ten...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Muscular System

For Students 3rd - 5th
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains how the muscular system works.
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Interactive
Inner Body

Innerbody: Muscular System

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site, students can interact with the muscular system of the human body. Click on a region of the body or the name of a muscle, and zoom in to examine it. Outlines and magnifying glasses appear and when you click on them, you see...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Bones, Muscles, and Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Family Doctor.org provides in depth terminology and helpful diagrams. This site has links to related articles to learn more about the musculoskeletal system.
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Website
Other

Danil Hammoudi, Md: Anatomy and Physiology Course

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has complete course material for a beginning human anatomy course and everything can be downloaded. There are readings and presentations on all the major systems and organs of the human body, with lots of detailed, labeled...
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Unit Plan
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Muscular System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human muscular system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Muscular System Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Review the structure and function of the human body's muscular system.
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Handout
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Body Zone: The Muscular System

For Students 3rd - 8th
This introduction to the muscular system of the body describes the three different types of muscles: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Muscles, Oh My!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners are introduced to how engineering closely relates to the field of biomechanics and how the muscular system produces human movement. They learn the importance of the muscular system in our daily lives, why it is important to be...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: It's a Kid's World: Body Sense

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate potential and kinetic energy by investigating the elasticity of a metal coil toy, the Slinky. Explore the development of muscle coordination in children and measure how practice improves performance of motor skills.
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Handout
Exploring Nature

Exploring Nature Educational Resource: 4 Basic Tissue Types in the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Facts about four basic types of tissues in the human body and their functions.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Walk, Run, Jump!

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. The compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space.

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