Weve been learning about the human body for kids in anatomy this year.
We started by making our human body project where kids could see the bones inside of them.
Bones make sense because they can feel the hard object when they press on their bodies.
Next we added the organs which also made sense to them as they know food goes somewhere the stomach.
Next up is teaching them about muscles.
While they can make a muscle, this concept is a little more abstract.
So we did this funmuscular system for kidsactivity to help students learnhow do muscles work.
THis is a VERY simple visual onhow do muscles workto give young children a basic understanding.
You need matching holes on each tube.
Slide yarn or wire through holes so that the smaller tubes sandwich the long roll as shown.
We used red balloons so they would be more the color of muscle.
Press the air to the center of the balloon, leaving lots of unused balloon on either end.
Have your children lable the bones and muscles.
For the balloon muscles, you have the bicep muscle and behind your arm the tricep muscle.
Remember how skeltal muscles tend to come in pairs?
Do NOT knot the balloon itself, but just tie the balloon to the roll loosely.
You want the muscle to be able to stretch and contract for your visual.
Human Body Muscles for Kids
This is how your project should look.
We added the glove to the end to help kids visualize this abstract model was indeed their arm!
Muscles for Kids
Demonstarte how it’s possible for you to extend the model arm flat.
What happens to the balloon?
The muscle (balloon also) stretches and becomes flatter.
when the arm does a curl up again the muscle contracts and the muscle (balloon) bulges.
Have kids try with their own arms and feel the bicep muscle extend and flatten.
Now have them contarct their forearm and feel the bicep muscle bulge.
When the biceps contract the triceps will relax, this allows our arm to bend.
When we want to straighten our arm back out, the biceps will relax and the triceps will contract.
Muscle pairs allow us to move back and forth.
This is a fun, simple muscular system for kids activity to see how do muscles work.
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