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Flex Those Muscles

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Students explore the muscular system to examine the different types of muscles in our bodies and how they work with other body systems. They discover how muscles help us chew food and laugh. Videos are used as part of this lesson.

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the muscular system, human body systems

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human body, muscles, science
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3rd - 5th
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Science
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