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Levers and Wedges in the Human Body

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Students identify the various parts of the body that serve as wedges and levers, identifying the fulcrum for each body lever. They bite into carrots and apples to analyze how their jaws and teeth work, then complete three worksheets that require investigating how different parts of their body work.

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inclined planes, the human body, anatomy, human body systems, levers

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human body, anatomy, body parts, levers, Life Science, wedges, science
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2nd - 6th
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Science
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3 hrs
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