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Science Sunday: Learning about muscles by exercising

October 5, 2013 By Ticia 11 Comments

 

learn about muscles through exercise

We got most of our hands on muscle activities done this week.  I think I will give up on the last one for now…….  We observed and looked at a portion of flank steak to observe muscle tissue, but by far the kids’ favorite activity was:

Learning about muscles through exercise

I sent them upstairs to clean out the loft and then we all headed upstairs to exercise as I took pictures of them.

muscles exercise

First up push ups, which Princess so ably demonstrated for me to take a picture, and then we all joined in doing 10 push ups.  Afterwards we talked through what muscles were used.  The kids all had fun identifying muscles used.

exercise and muscles This next one is the boys’ favorite exercise from Kung Fu.  You crouch down and then leap up as high as you can.  A great way to exercise your legs, particularly your thighs.

learn about muscles This next one is sit ups, my old enemy.  Actually I think push ups are more so.  Though my stomach muscles right now might disagree.  Either way, another great exerecise.

stretching and muscles I don’t know what this one is called, I know it’s a yoga pose, but I remember this one from my brief stint in gymnastics over 20 years ago (wow, that’s depressing).  It’s a great way to stretch legs, abdomen, back, and if you try moving around while doing it, it’s a great exercise in general.

muscle exercise lesson

Touching your toes is great because it’s a way to get your kids aware of not just their muscles, but the tendons because you can feel it all stretching.  You can also feel back muscles stretching.

 

This was a great lesson for the kids to learn how all of their muscles work together.

Let’s see what others did this week:

Each week I’m spotlighting a few posts that were shared previously.  Many posts get linked up later in the week and they don’t always get as many clicks as they deserve, so I’m trying to spotlight a few every week.

Navigating by Joy shared a cool hydraulics experiment.  She explains what hydraulics is AND has some fun hands on learning to go with it.

The Homeschool Scientist shared some great classification tips and some printables you can use.  If you aren’t reading her blog, I’d highly recommend it.

Marie’s Pastiche shared about raising silkworms and what they learned about keeping them alive.  I have to admit I was rather intrigued because we’re about to be learning about ancient China and making silk.

And one linked up on Friday, with some great 5 senses experiments, I’m going to use some of these when we get there in anatomy.

 

 

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Now link up your SCIENCE posts for the week, and then visit some of the other posts linked up and say hi. I’m going to be pinning, commenting, FBing or tweeting all of the posts linked up as the week goes by.

Filed Under: science Tagged With: anatomy, Science Sunday

Comments

  1. Natalie says

    October 6, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    I love the pictures in this post. I agree that exercising is the best way to learn about muscles!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 8, 2013 at 3:08 pm

      Superman listed it as his favorite activity so far this year, high praise indeed.

  2. Almost Unschoolers says

    October 6, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    A very fun lesson!

    Reply
  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    October 6, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    It looks like they really enjoyed this lesson!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 8, 2013 at 3:11 pm

      They loved it and now claim we “need to learn about muscles” when they want to exercise.

  4. Claire says

    October 7, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    I’m not really sure my pond posts count as science any more (we’re really just observing these days) please do delete if you feel they shouldn’t be linked here, I would completely understand!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      October 8, 2013 at 3:11 pm

      Observations are science, also I’m a lot more inclined to be generous for someone who regularly links up and call it science than the random person who links something up.

      So, to answer your question, I’m not going to delete it.

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