September 24th, 2014 - One Arm at a Time

Today we created a model of the arm with bones, joints, and muscles.  We were able to see that muscles work in pairs to move the skeleton by pulling (never pushing!) on bones.  The skeleton provides support to the muscular system.  I will add pictures soon.  Students are doing great at creating their left hand assignments, it's been so exciting to see their creativity and hard work.  The homework today was a worksheet on page 29, the most fun part is a scavenger hunt through the house to find examples of joints that work similar to the joints in our bodies.  Tomorrow we will have our first graded quiz on the organization of the human body, the skeletal system, and the muscular system.  Thanks for working with your students!