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Skeleton

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the skeleton. In this human body lesson plan, students draw and label bones in the body by tracing each other and creating a skeleton out of body parts and brass fastners.
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The Inside Story of Muscles, Bones and Exercise

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how they can help their muscles and bones grow strong through the use of physical activity.
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Know your Heart Parts and Functions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars put together a 3-D interactive "heart" puzzle and learn the names of heart parts.
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Fitness/Strength Conditioning Mini-lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe a piece of strength conditioning equipment, what muscle (or muscles) are isolated, and how strengthening this muscle improve skill performance in the unit they are presently taking.
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Work in Linear Mechanical Systems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars are able to identify the units associated with linear work. They are able to calculate the work done on an object. Students discover how the force exerted on an object and the distance the object moves determines the...
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Classifying Commercial Marine Species

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate taxonomy. They explore some of the commercial marine species caught in Magdalena Bay and develop a classification system for presented animals.
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Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students exercise their muscles to explore concept of heart rate and to explain how blood supplies muscles with oxygen.
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Move Your Muscles!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners, through teacher lecture and class discussion, explore the three different types of muscles in the human body and the effects of microgravity on these muscles. They explain what happens to muscles in outer space and describe the...
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Our Amazing Skeleton

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the skeleton, about the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. They discover how to take care of their bones here on Earth to prevent osteoporosis, or, weakening of the...
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Sing Along with the Muscles Song

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review the muscles of the body. They perform the functions of the muscles of the body to the tune of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
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Hugging / Handshaking Muscle Stations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners are introduced to the concept of "muscle overload." They work on hugging and handshaking muscles. Students are told that each station is set up to make muscles tired. They are told that making their muscles tired is a good...
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Write, Read and Play

For Teachers K - 5th
Students integrate writing, reading and movement skills. They draw from a hat a movement skill (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking, etc.), sport, or related word (e. g., heart, muscle, etc.) and create a book written on the first or...
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Muscle Match!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students skip around the gym floor and try to match pictures of muscles and stretches. When they find a match they must run to the Muscle Mat and call out "Muscle Match!". The class then stops skipping and faces the Muscle Mat while the...
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Keeping Healthy Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore how muscles work. In this health lesson, students identify how the blood supplies muscles with oxygen. Students participate in an online activity to reinforce the concepts.
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Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine how muscles can work together with joints.  In this movement lesson students use a marionette to observe how muscles work. 
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Human Body

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine what muscles do and identify the different types. In this muscle lesson plan, 5th graders discuss what they know about muscles before looking at the book, The Human Body by Jonathan Miller. They take a teacher...
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Movement, it's FUN-damental!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how muscles work. In this biology lesson, students explain the causes of fatigue and muscle soreness. They create graphs and compare results with their classmate.
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Happy, Healthy Me

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students become taste testers and experience an alphabet of nutritious snacks. They also discover more about their muscles and bones and the importance of exercise.
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Muscle Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students get a yarn ball and find a good self space in the playing area (best designated by cones-NOT the walls of a gym). On the teacher's signal students walk and try to tag anyone and everyone in the area.
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Muscle Movements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a game to identify major muscle groups in the body and gain an understanding of muscle functions.
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Muscles in Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain how biceps and triceps work. In this life science lesson, students conduct an experiment to test which muscle (biceps or triceps) is stronger. They calculate class average from the result.
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Cardiovascular Fitness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers design a cardiovascular fitness program that encourages them to implement it in their daily lives.
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating...
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What's Up, Doc?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore cardiovascular fitness and create and follow a fitness program. They document the benefits of participating in a fitness program.

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