Learning Exercise
Muscular System
Student will be exposed to a lecture/demonstration on the muscle system. They will learn the differences between ligaments and tendons, and the three kinds of muscle.
Course: 7th grade Life Science
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- Muscular System
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- December 12, 2007
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Exercise
Teacher will explain to the class that every kind of meat they consume are actually an animal's muscles. She will go on to explain how muscles move bones and talk about the three kinds of muscles. Students will then do the following assignments.
A. Fill in the blanks.
1. The muscular system has___________ kinds of muscles.
2. Muscles are made up of ___________.
3. When a muscle works it gets __________.
4. Muscles are connected to bones by _________.
5. The bones of the skeleton are moved by __________.
B. Answer True or False. 1. Muscles that move bones are the same as heart muscle. 2. Tendons connect muscles to bones. Tendons and ligaments do the same jobs. 3.All muscles are made of cells. C. Draw lines to complete the sentences.
1.Tendons / connect bones to bones 2.Ligaments / three kinds of muscles 3.Muscles/ connect muscles to bones 4.The muscular system has/ move bones
D.Answer the questions. 1.What are the thre kinds of muscles? 2. What are muscles made of? 3. Which muscles can you control? 4. How are muscles connected to bones? 5. What happen to a muscle when it stops working?
E. Write two ways that smooth muscle and heart muscles are diffent from skeletal muscles. F. 1. What are the two jobs that smooth muscles do? 2. Which muscles are called voluntary muscles? 3. What do heart muscles do?
B. Answer True or False. 1. Muscles that move bones are the same as heart muscle. 2. Tendons connect muscles to bones. Tendons and ligaments do the same jobs. 3.All muscles are made of cells. C. Draw lines to complete the sentences.
1.Tendons / connect bones to bones 2.Ligaments / three kinds of muscles 3.Muscles/ connect muscles to bones 4.The muscular system has/ move bones
D.Answer the questions. 1.What are the thre kinds of muscles? 2. What are muscles made of? 3. Which muscles can you control? 4. How are muscles connected to bones? 5. What happen to a muscle when it stops working?
E. Write two ways that smooth muscle and heart muscles are diffent from skeletal muscles. F. 1. What are the two jobs that smooth muscles do? 2. Which muscles are called voluntary muscles? 3. What do heart muscles do?