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Move Your Muscles!

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Students, 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 importance of exercising both on Earth and in outer space.

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movement, the muscular system, human body systems

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exercise, human body, movement, muscle, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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30 mins
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