Mighty Muscles Reading Activities

Think about three kinds of athletes-Sprinters,weightlifters, and Gymnasts.They all use muscles in different ways.How are they different?

1 A. What do they need their muscles to do?

Sprinters: The calves, hamstring, shin, things is the muscles for the legs. The calves help the legs sprint.

Weightlifters: The biceps, triceps, shoulders, help the arms move. The thighs helps them stand up. It helps pull up the heavy weights.

Gymnasts: The flexibility helps the gymnasts do moves, like flips, doing the splits, and all the different moves. It uses all the muscles of the body.

1 B.Can you think of other sports in which athletes use their muscles in similar ways to these three kinds of athletes?

Shot Put: In Shot Put you use the biceps, triceps, and shoulders to push the shot put far.

High Jump: In high jump, you use the lower body strengths. Using all the muscles in the legs to make you jump high.

Rugby Players: rugby players use every part of their bodies. The arms, legs, shoulders, and brains to plan your next move.

1 C. When do you use muscles in the way they use theirs?

WHENEVER I CAN.

2. NOW THINK OF AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU DO, FOR EXAMPLE, MAKING A HAM AND LETTUCE SANDWICH. MINE ALL THE ACTION (TAKING THE HAM AND LETTUCE OUT OF THE FRIDGE, PICKING UP THE KNIFE, AND SO ON) WHILE YOUR PARTNER WRITES DO THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY AND THE MUSCLES THAT ARE INVOLVED. NOW MANY DOES IT TAKE TO DO THIS SIMPLE TASK?

• ARMS
• THIGHS
• LEGS
• FINGERS
• SHOULDERS
• BICEPS
• TRICEPS
• MOUTH (TO EAT)

3. TOGETHER, READ THROUGH THE CARD AGAIN. TAKE TURNS TO EXPLAIN HOW PAIRS OF MUSCLES WORK. HOW MANY PAIRS OF MUSCLES CAN YOU FIND IN THE BODY-FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONES YOU USE TO OPEN AND CLOSE YOUR MOUTH?

There are 642 muscles in our body, and There are 320 pairs of muscles in the body, including the biceps and triceps.