LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 4

The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the form and function of the skeletal and muscle systems of the human body.

Objective 4.05

Observe and describe how muscles cause the body to move.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Paleoanthropology - What is bipedalism?
In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the field of paleoanthropology. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic
Middle childhood and early adolescence
This Science NetLinks lesson, the second of a two-part series aimed at introducing students to the different stages of growth and development in human beings, helps students focus on the kinds of physical changes that children of their age range begin to experience. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Every beat of your heart
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students collect, organize, and interpret data involving the heart rate at rest and after exercise. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics and Science)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics