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Studying and learning about muscles is important for middle and high school students because muscles power every movement we make, from walking and running to lifting and climbing. Understanding how muscles work with the skeletal system helps students appreciate the value of exercise, proper nutrition, and injury prevention. This muscles knowledge not only promotes healthy habits but also fosters an interest in health-related fields like sports medicine, physical therapy, and fitness training. With this in mind, let’s engage with this excellent learning resource!

This muscles article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about muscles. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this muscles article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

For many educational standards, a base level of content knowledge is needed around the relevant topics, this muscles article covers that foundational knowledge for the NGSS: MS-LS1-3 / HS-LS1-2

THIS MUSCLES ARTICLE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase scientific literacy in your class
• A weekly reading task
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• To inspire students on a particular topic
• Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS MUSCLES ARTICLE:

• 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.

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I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable).