Students label eight muscles on a front and back outline of the human body, then match each muscle to what it does. The word bank holds biceps, triceps, deltoid, pectorals, abdominals, quadriceps, hamstrings and calf, and numbered lines 1 to 8 end on the shaded muscle areas. Page 2 gives eight actions, from bends the elbow to lets you stand on tiptoe. An answer key lists each muscle with its body area.
“Name the major muscles of the human body and say where each one is.”
Part 1 asks for all eight names on the front and back views.
“Match major muscles to the movements they produce.”
Part 2 pairs biceps with bending the elbow, hamstrings with bending the knee and calf with standing on tiptoe.
A front view and a back view of the body show eight shaded muscles with numbered pointer lines. Students write the name from the word bank on the lines numbered 1 to 8 below the picture.
The same word bank returns above a two-column table. Students write the muscle that straightens the knee, lifts the arm sideways, bends the trunk forward and five other actions.
Muscle names with the body area in brackets, such as deltoid (shoulder) and calf (back lower leg), then the completed action table.
Feel it first
Have students bend and straighten an elbow with a hand on the front, then the back, of the upper arm. They feel the biceps and triceps before they name them on the diagram.
Back view first
Start with the back view, where only lines 6, 7 and 8 sit. Triceps, hamstrings and calf make a calmer start than the busier front.
Do the actions
Read the actions in Part 2 aloud and let students do each one at their desks. Rising onto tiptoe is a quick way to find the calf.
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