Making and Measuring Muscles

This week we have been learning about the digestive system and muscular system. After learning about the digestion process, we discussed smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscles. We talked about what makes up a skeletal muscle and looked closely at images of muscle fibers. Then, we created our own tasty muscle fibers using food. We put all of the fibers together to make a muscle! In preparation for an excel lesson we will be doing next week, each student partnered up to collect their contracted and expanded muscle measurements. We recorded this information on a chart and noted the difference between the contracted and expanded muscle measurments. Enjoy the pictures!

Putting muscle fibers together to make a muscle.

Wrapping Twist and Peel Twizzlers with a Fruit Roll-Up to make a muscle fiber.

Wrapping Twist and Peel Twizzlers with a Fruit Roll-Up to make a muscle fiber.

Add captiWrapping Twist and Peel Twizzlers with a Fruit Roll-Up to make a muscle fiber.