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What Happens When I Crack My Knuckles?
Discover what is happening when you crack your knuckles. And for starters, your knuckles don't crack, they pop. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. Your knuckles do not crack - they pop! The noise is the bursting of a gassy bubble,...
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Joints
An introduction to joint movements, including hinge, ball-and-socket and pivot joints. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. There are three types of moveable, or synovial, joints within the skeleton. Hinge joints allow movement in one...
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The Bends
The potentially deadly threat changes in pressure pose for divers. What happens when a diver experiences the bends, and how can they be saved? Physics - Forces - Learning Points. The Bends is decompression sickness, which affects divers...
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Joints and muscles – Pixelate
What is it? ... It's a tongue! Life processes - Body systems - Joints and muscles A Twig Tidbit Film - Pixelate. A pixelated image unscrambles. The children have to guess what it is.
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Joints and muscles – True or false
True or false ... When we sleep our muscles stop moving? Life processes - Body systems - Joints and muscles Learning Points Involuntary muscles keep moving even when we sleep. A Twig Tidbit Film - True or False? The children have to...
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Joints and muscles – Odd one out
Four joints found in the human body are shown, but which is the odd one out? Life processes - Body systems - Joints and muscles A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The children have to work out which of four images is the odd one out.
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Ball and socket joints
What do a baseball player's shoulder and a dolphin's flipper have in common? Life processes - Body systems - Joints and muscles Learning Points A joint is where two bones join together. Not all joints in the body move. A ball and socket...
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Structure And Function Of the Living Organisms: Human locomotory system
By the end of this learning object, the student will be able to: Summarize the Human Locomotory system.83086
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The Ancient Temples of Egypt
Close to Egypt s southern border is the complex of ancient temples known as Abu Simbel. It was built more than 3,000 years ago by Ramesses II, on the western bank of the River Nile.
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The Oldest Aqueduct in the World
In Britain there is over 2000 miles of Aqueduct canals running around the country and they became the transport option of the day two centuries ago. Today more than 10 million visitors use the canals for leisure and holidays.
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Fidgets and Noises: The Science Behind Common Manias
This video addresses why some people engage in repetitive physical behaviors such as knuckle cracking and leg shaking. It examines the biological and psychological triggers behind these actions and reassures that, while potentially...
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X-rays and Joints
Dr. Forrester explains what x-rays are used for. She teaches about different types of joints in your body.
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Wellbeing A-Z -Rhumatoid arthritis
One percent of the world’s population has to live with Rheumatoid Arthritis. This cause of this debilitating condition is unknown, but it’s thought to be an autoimmune disease.
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This Is What Holds Us Together
Dr. Forrester describes the ways the skeletal system and muscles help us to move and give our bodies their shapes. She compares the frame of the human body to the frame of a house. She then explains that without muscles, the skeleton...
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There Are 26 Bones In YOUR Foot! | The Human Foot Song | KLT Anatomy
let's learn about all the parts of your feet!
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Body Movement While Stationary
Coach Socrates explains that muscles and joints help move the body in many ways. He then coaches Miss Palomine through a series of exercises bending, stretching, wiggling, curling, twisting, swinging, and shaking.
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Everybody Jump!
Coach Socrates puts Miss Palomine through a series of jumping exercises intended to strengthen leg muscles and build endurance.
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Strengthening Upper Body Muscles
Coach Socrates reminds Miss Palomine not to neglect upper body exercises. He describes the muscles of the upper body and then introduces push-ups as a way to increase upper body strength. They then talk about playing the game, Leap Frog.
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Physical Weathering Processes
At this point we know a lot about how rocks form, but now we need to understand precisely how they are weathered. Weathering describes the forces and conditions that break down rocks that are exposed at the surface into smaller...
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Advances in Technology and Body Repair
Advances in Technology and Body Repair describes how technological advances allow certain parts of the human body to be repaired or replaced with new devices.