Lesson 3: Muscle Systems and Levers
Duration of Days: 4
Lesson Objective
Students explain muscle mechanics and levers.
Why the body uses levers
How muscles move limbs
Origin, insertion, agonist, lever
HS-LS1-2
Math reasoning
Map muscles
Apply physics
DOK 2
ergonomics
Muscles push
Body mapping
MPS Differentiation Strategies
Biomechanics model project
Skills Assessed
- Model construction
- Applying physics concepts to biology
- Problem solving
- Spatial reasoning
- Explaining mechanical systems
Content Assessed
- Muscle groups and movement
- Origins and insertions
- Agonist and antagonist relationships
- Lever systems
- Mechanical advantage
- Fulcrum placement and force generation