Title of Bulletin Board: Muscle for the Month

Category: About the Body

Suggested Grade Level: All

Materials: contruction paper for background, picture of human with muscles exposed, individual muscle names and pronounciations, description of how the muscle works, picture of how the muscle is used

Description:

I found a picture of the human body with the muscles exposed. I positioned the picture in the middle of my board. For each month, I have a muscle name, the way the muscle is pronounced, a description of how the muscle works in our body and a picture of someone using the muscle during activity. I position an arrow on the body picture to show where the muscle is located. I want to make my students aware of, and responsible for, their own bodies. Each month my K-6 students and I talk about a different muscle. I have this bulletin board by the door they use to exit from PE. As closure, I ask the name of the muscle, where it is on the body and how it works. I ask the students if they used that muscle during PE class that day. I also ask about previous muscles we have covered during the year.