The Skeletal and Muscle Systems of the Human Body

NC Standard:  4.05


 Activity:  Muscles

Question: How do muscles cause the body to move?

Vocabulary: muscle, tendons, contract, expand

Materials: a raw chicken wing, paper towels, rubber gloves


Procedure: 

  • 1. Peel off the skin and look at the muscle or meat part.

  • 2. Move the chicken wing so you are opening and closing the wing.

  • 3. What happened to the muscle or meat part? It stretched or bulged.

  • 4. Find where the muscles are attached to the bones (tendons).

  • 5. Pull on the tendon. Does the bone move?

Conclusion: Muscles contract or expand to make the body move.
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Line of Learning:  This line is drawn to provide students with a space to share their experimental learning in words or pictures.
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