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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Your Muscular System Works
So how does it work? Emma Bryce takes you into the body to find out how the muscular system.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Muscular System: Lesson 2
This lesson provides an overview that explains the muscular system in humans. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Muscular System."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Muscular System: Lesson 4
This lesson provides an overview that explains the muscular system in humans. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Muscular System."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Muscular System: Lesson 1
This lesson provides an overview that explains the muscular system in humans. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Muscular System."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Meet My Muscles Lower Body Lesson Plan
This instructional activity depicts students following along with their teacher to learn about lower body muscles. Students learn about muscles such as the gluteal and hamstring and how to give them a good stretch and exercise.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Ncrel: Human Body Systems Resource
What do you know about the different human body systems? This site features information on each of the different systems. Students and teachers will benefit from this comprehensive resource.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Muscles, Oh My!
Students 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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the 11 organ systems of the body, giving a brief overview of their function. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Organ Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce the 11 organ systems of the body, giving a brief overview of their function. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Organ Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems
A video lesson explaining the structure and function of the human body's major organ systems. [5:58]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Meet My Muscles Upper Body Lesson Plan
Following along with their teacher, students learn about the various upper body muscles we have such as the bicep and pectoral muscles and learn how to give them a good stretch and exercise.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Muscles and Exercise
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Regular physical exercise is important in preventing lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, some types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Regular...
National Institutes of Health
Nih Curriculum Supplement for Middle School: Looking Good, Feeling Good
A great resource from the Office of Science Education which provides a curriculum for teaching about the musculoskeletal system, the skin system and how they interact. This curriculum emphasizes choices teens can make to ensure good...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Smooth, Skeletal, and Cardiac Muscles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of the three types of human muscle tissues.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science of Baseball: Biological Baseball
Younger students learn that hitting a baseball requires the use of various brain to body reaction activities and how those compare to the instincts and actions of animals.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...