CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.9 Muscles
Learn about the different types of muscles in the human body.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Forces and Torques in Muscles and Joints
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...
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: 4 Basic Tissue Types in the Human Body
Facts about four basic types of tissues in the human body and their functions.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Muscular System
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains how the muscular system works.
Curated OER
Kids Health: My Body
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
Other
Zygote: Zygote Anatomy Collection
A 3D anatomical product that allows students to explore the muscles, bones, organs, skin, and blood vessels that compose the human body.
Gateway Community College
James Crimando: Major Superficial Muscles: Anterior Trunk and Arm
Learn the anatomy of the human anterior trunk and arm.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Superficial Skeletal Muscles
Exercise challenges the player to correctly name the superficial skeletal muscles from both the anterior and posterior views.
Inner Body
Innerbody: Muscular System
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Map of the Human Heart
See how the human heart moves blood through the body in this animated feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" Web site.
Read Works
Read Works: The Human Body Hiccups
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about hiccups and what causes them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Anatomy Arcade: Poke a Muscle
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Humans Are Like Robots
Four lessons related to robots and people present students with life sciences concepts related to the human body (including brain, nervous systems and muscles), introduced through engineering devices and subjects (including computers,...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Muscular System
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.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Video: 3 D View of Human Female Anatomy
A video animation with music exploring the workings of the female body. This 3D views allows you to get a glimpse of muscles, organs, and bone structure of the female body. Video shows you the network of veins and arteries of the body as...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Video: 3 D View of Human Male Anatomy
A video animation with music exploring the workings of the female body. This 3D views allows you to get a glimpse of muscles, organs, and bone structure of the male body. Video shows you the network of veins and arteries of the body as...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Muscles, Oh My!
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Muscular System Study Guide
Review the structure and function of the human body's muscular system.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Diving School: How Do We Move?
Mariven lives in Barbados. He is going on a diving adventure to learn all about bones and muscles of the human body.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Skeletal System
[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....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: People Grow and Change
[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...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Types of Tissues
The term tissue is used to describe a group of cells found together in the body. Although there are many types of cells in the human body, they are organized into four broad categories of tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle, and...
Gateway Community College
James Crimando: Major Superficial Muscles: Posterior Trunk and Arm
Learn the anatomy of the posterior trunk and arm.
Gateway Community College
James Crimando:major Superficial Muscles: Anterior Thigh and Leg
Learn the anatomy of the anterior thigh and leg.