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Muscular System Worksheets for Elementary Students

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This is the next set of worksheets in our unit study on the human body. I had started on some of the systems in the body and just wanted to make sure it was finished (Check out the other activities here: Human Body Worksheets). These muscular system worksheets for elementary students are designed to help you teach all about the muscles in your body, at an early elementary level.

Worksheet Supplies

  • Printer (I love my printer, I use this one!)
  • Paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Pencil

HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 All-in-One Wireless Printer, HP Instant Ink & Amazon Dash Replenishment ready (M9L66A)HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 All-in-One Wireless Printer, HP Instant Ink & Amazon Dash Replenishment ready (M9L66A)HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 All-in-One Wireless Printer, HP Instant Ink & Amazon Dash Replenishment ready (M9L66A)

 

Muscular system worksheets for elementary students

How do muscles work?

Muscles are fibrous tissues that move your bones and the parts of your body. There are two kinds of muscles: voluntary and involuntary. Involuntary muscles are the ones you don’t have to think about to use.

These include your heart (that pumps your blood all over your body) and your stomach muscles (that help digest your food). Voluntary muscles are the ones that you control directly — like your leg muscles when you walk or your finger muscles when you want to write.

Muscles can only pull, not push. That’s why for every movement you make, it takes at least 2 muscles to do. Muscles are attached to both sides of the bone, through connective tissues called tendons.

Elementary muscular system worksheets for kids

When you want to move a muscle, it contracts (gets smaller) and that pulls on the tendon, which then pulls on the bone. The opposite muscle will relax, stretching out. Then to go back, the 2nd muscle will contract while the first relaxes.

Think of muscles like slightly-stretched elastic bands. There’s a certain amount of tension in them that keeps them ready for use.

When you move, they pull back on that tension to move your body. If a tendon snaps, your muscle becomes loose and limp. Or if there’s a tear in the muscle, it stops working as well.

Unlike elastic bands, the more you stretch your muscles, the stronger they get. So they have more tension that keeps them ready, and it takes less effort to do the same stretches.

And that means then that the same amount of effort can do more things — you can run farther, jump higher, or carry heavier things!

Elementary Muscular system printable

Recommended Muscle System Books

Learn more about how muscles work with these great books. You can get more detailed coloring, and really see how muscles look, or learn more about how different muscles do different things.

And bonus: your kids can exercise their muscles by carrying those books for you!

 Muscular System Coloring Book: Now you can learn and master the muscular system with ease while having funMuscular System Coloring Book: Now you can learn and master the muscular system with ease while having fun Your Muscular System (Searchlight Books ™ — How Does Your Body Work?)Your Muscular System (Searchlight Books ™ — How Does Your Body Work?) The Anatomy Coloring BookThe Anatomy Coloring Book Inside Out Human Body: Explore the World’s Most Amazing Machine-You!Inside Out Human Body: Explore the World's Most Amazing Machine-You! The Human Body Coloring Book: The Ultimate Anatomy Study GuideThe Human Body Coloring Book: The Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide Uncover the Human Body: An Uncover It BookUncover the Human Body: An Uncover It Book

 

I love using coloring pages for learning new science vocabulary. First they need to identify the correct part and they have to ensure they only that one part without coloring any others.

Then when it’s complete, you have a wonderful representation of what they’ve now learned and they can use it for reference if needed.

Elementary muscular system coloring page

Recommended Muscle System Kits

Muscles are great to explore with hands-on kits. Here are are few of our favorites.

 Learning Resources Double-Sided Magnetic Human Body (LER6044)Learning Resources Double-Sided Magnetic Human Body (LER6044) SmartLab Toys Squishy Human BodySmartLab Toys Squishy Human Body Smart Lab You Explore It: Human Body ModelSmart Lab You Explore It: Human Body Model Famemaster 4D-Vision Human Muscle And Skeleton Anatomy ModelFamemaster 4D-Vision Human Muscle And Skeleton Anatomy Model

 

Download your muscular system worksheets below:

Liked these muscular system printables? You can get more science lesson ideas below.

>> See more Biology Worksheets for Elementary Students ideas

Another Muscle Activity

Make science come alive by seeing how the hand works as it moves. They will absolutely love making this Muscle System hand craft for kids!

Muscular System Hand Craft

More Human Body Worksheets

Endocrine System Worksheets for Elementary Students

Respiratory System Worksheets for Kids

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  1. Alexia Falzon says

    May 24, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    Great resource!

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    • Monique says

      May 25, 2020 at 10:07 am

      Thank you!

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