Muscle Works:  The Web Quest

Follow the attached links to learn more about your muscular system.   Begin by watching the video at this link.  Answer the following questions as you watch the video.

               1)  What is the difference between an involuntary muscle action and a

                    voluntary muscle action?

               2)  Where can you find smooth muscles?

               3)  Where can you find cardiac muscles?

               4)  Where can you find skeletal muscles?

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/_bfs_MSmoviesource.html

Read about the muscular system at the link below.   As your reading answer the following questions.

                    1.  How many muscles do we have?

                    2.  What % of your body weight is muscle?

                    3.  How do muscles make you move?

http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-muscular-system

Play the Muscle Game.  Identify 3 facts that you learned while playing and record your score>

                            Fact #1 ________________________

                            Fact #2 _______________________

                            Fact #3 ________________________

                            Your Score ___________

The Muscle Game:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml  

The Skeletal System:  Review the skeletal system by watching the movie

and taking the narrated bone tour and then play the build a skeleton game

Skeletal System:The Movie:http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=59294&cat_id=20607

The Skeletal System: http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp