The Skeletal and Muscle Systems of the Human Body

NC Standard:  4.05

Activity:  Pointing Toes

Question: How do muscles cause your body to move?

Vocabulary: muscle, locomotion


Procedure: 

Ask students to feel the muscles in their calves while they point their toes upward and then point toes downward. Answer the following questions:
How does the muscle change when you point your toes upward?
How does the muscle change when you point your toes downward?
Explain that when the muscle gets hard it is working. When it is soft it is resting.
What is the work that muscles do?

Conclusion:Muscles cause your body to move or gives your skeleton locomotion.
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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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