Mechanical Station 2.2: Communications Module
Mechnical Systems in Health
Levers and Muscle Contraction
PRESENTATION AND PRACTICE
Activity graded by the % of correctness of your work
Activity graded by the rubric
Activities from which you can choose five to submit
REMEMBER: To get credit for the Communications Lab, your coach needs to check the activities marked with the % and Rubric icons. You need to get at least 80% on both activities. You, also, need to show proof that you did at least five of the activities marked with the ‘5’ icon.
Reflect on What You Know
In this station’s lab, you studied about muscles and movement.
- What new information, vocabulary or skills did you learn in Mechanical Lab 2.2?
- Are there other questions you have about levers and muscles?
Word Parts
If you have not completed this section in other stations, CLICK HERE to complete it.
In the lab, you learned about antagonistic muscles. Antagonist has another definition. To find out what that is, click on the following link. Read the introduction. Then go to Character Types Lesson 1. Click and watch the PowerPoint. Scroll up to Character Types 1 or 2 and click on a worksheet. Print off a copy. Read the story. Read and answer the questions after the story. Turn them into your coach. Tell your coach what antagonist means here.
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/characterization-worksheets/character-types-worksheets-and-lessons/
Do you want practice spelling some of the new vocabulary words you learned in the lab? Click on the link below to practice spelling some words and to hear them used in a sentence. After you have listened and practiced spelling, choose 5 of the words and write at least one simple, one compound and one complex sentence using those words.
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=24672887
Have you ever used mind mapping or clustering? It’s a way to organize the thoughts coming out of your brain. Click on the link below for a short tutorial. Then do the activity after the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZ5wV5dPZc
What do you think? Would mind mapping help you organize your ideas? Try it and see.
Pick a concept from the lab and place it in the middle of your page. Create a mind map using as many of the words you learned in this module as you can. You may use a poster board and colored markers for this activity (or there are colored pencils available at Lab Station 3.1.) if you want to be really creative.
Here is another article about muscles and how they work. Read it and write a summary of the article in one or two paragraphs.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/humanbody/systems/musculoskeletal/
muscle.htm
Below are two short articles and two videos about muscles. Read and watch them. Write down at least ten facts you found while you were reading and listening.
- What muscles do.
http://discoverykids.com/articles/your-muscular-system/ - Muscles and osteoporosis.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/strength-training-builds-more-than-muscles - Muscles and viral infections. Is it easy to raise a coffee mug? Click on each of the next two links to watch the videos and see the differences.
Click on the link below to watch a slideshow on muscles. (Click on The Muscular System.) After you watch the slideshow, take the quiz at the end to assess your reading comprehension skills. How did you do? If there was something you didn’t understand, ask your coach about it.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activity/human-body-14-studyjams-interactive-science-activities
When you click on the following link, you’ll find an article about muscles and levers. If you want to make sure you understand what the lab was teaching, this is a good review. As you are reading, take notes and show your coach at least five thoughts or ideas you got from the article.
http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Sporting-Edge/Looking-closer/What-levers-does-your-body-use
Click on the link below to read an article about muscles. When you have finished, answer the questions following the article. Let your coach read over your answers. *You may print the article and questions if you want to work on paper.
http://www.readworks.org/passages/move-your-muscles
Write a story using at least 10 of the vocabulary words you practiced in this lab’s module. You can make your story serious, funny, sad, but you want all the sentences to be about your story. AND, it is important that the vocabulary words are used with correct meanings.
To review the list of words, click on the link below. On the left side of the page, you will see Mechanical lab 2.2. Click the ‘Spelling Test’ icon below that and the list of words will appear. You may use any of the other icons to practice with the words in different ways before you write your story.
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=24672887
CLICK HERE to open the rubric for this assignment. When you feel it’s ready, give the story to your coach to check.
You’ve done well! If you’ve gotten 80% on all the assignments, you are ready to go on to the Math module. Good job!!
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Links to Station 2.2 Modules
Lab Intro | Lab Presentation and Practice | Communications Intro| Communications Presentation and Practice| Math