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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Muscles and Bones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Muscle Fibers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Muscles are made of fibers within fibers and the structure of muscles makes them strong. In this lesson students learn about muscle structure by comparing yarn and cooked meat.
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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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Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Bones, Muscles and Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
The anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and what the bones, muscles and joints do in our bodies are explained. Interactive diagrams show the internal structure of a bone, and how muscles and joints work together. Major disorders of the...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Exercise, Nutrition, Hormones, and Bone Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
All of the organ systems of your body are interdependent, and the skeletal system is no exception. The food you take in via your digestive system and the hormones secreted by your endocrine system affect your bones. Even using your...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the forces exerted by muscles; state how a bad posture causes back strain; discuss the benefits of skeletal muscles attached close to joints; and discuss various complexities in the...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Statics and Torque in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter provides an in-depth discussion of forces and torque in the human body. We learn about muscular force, the importance of posture in preventing back...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Development of the Appendicular Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here about the development of the appendicular skeleton - the appendicular skeleton arises from mesenchyme, a type of embryonic tissue that can differentiate into many types of tissues, including bone or muscle tissue.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Skeletal Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure of skeletal muscles and how they move bones.
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Article
Curated OER

Kidshealth: Broken Bones, Sprains, and Strains

For Students 9th - 10th
What happens when you break a bone or get a strain or sprain? Find the answer at this website, and also find instruction sheets on first-aid care for broken bones, strains, and sprains.
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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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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Arm Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In the following lesson students are required to construct a model arm and learn how muscles and bones work together to achieve efficient movement.
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Handout
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kids Health: Musculos Y Articulaciones

For Students 3rd - 8th
These slides shows the different muscles, bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons around the knee. The page is also available in English.
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Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Body Basics: Bone

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustration detail, with a cross section, of the inside of a bone.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Caribbean Sea: Antilles: How Does a Skeleton Work?

For Students 1st - 3rd
James identifies bones of the skeletal system and teaches us how they work with our muscular system for our body to function. Learn about the skeletal system, bone identification and muscle function. For every correct answer you can gain...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Diving School: How Do We Move?

For Students 4th - 6th
Mariven lives in Barbados. He is going on a diving adventure to learn all about bones and muscles of the human body.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: People Grow and Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a 2nd grade unit on how the human body changes, as well as lessons on the heart and lungs, bones and muscles, and the digestive system. This unit includes web links to some fun informational...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Strains and Sprains Are a Pain

For Students 3rd - 5th
In addition to describing how one might get a strain or sprain, this article offers well-organized, clear advice for those caring for their sprained or strained muscles. Links to related information included.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Skeletal System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How important is your skeleton? Can you imagine your body without it? You would be a wobbly pile of muscle and internal organs, and you would not be able to move....
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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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National Institutes of Health

Nih Curriculum Supplement for Middle School: Looking Good, Feeling Good

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A great resource from the Office of Science Education which provides a curriculum for teaching about the musculoskeletal system, the skin system and how they interact. This curriculum emphasizes choices teens can make to ensure good...
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Muscular System

For Students 9th - 10th
In this resource, students learn the major role of the muscular system, about muscle fibers, the role of ATP and calcium in muscle contraction, how muscles move bones, and how muscles respond to aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
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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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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: What a Pain! Kids and Growing Pains

For Students 3rd - 5th
Growing up is something that most kids can't wait to do. As you grow up, you might experience growing pains. Use this site to learn more about the reasons for growing pains and what to do about them.

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