Mechanical Station 2.2: Communications Module

Mechnical Systems in Health
Levers and Muscle Contraction 

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percentage iconActivity graded by the % of correctness of your work
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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. 

In this station’s lab, you were introduced to different kinds of muscles, lots of different parts inside of muscles, muscle contraction, and to the work of antagonistic muscles.  You observed how levers work and how the different lengths of muscles around a fulcrum (pivot point) change the mechanical advantage of movement.

REFLECTION

1. What do you now know about levers?  What are the three types you learned about? Can you describe them to your coach?
2. How are levers used in the world of work?  Can you think of any tools that work as levers?
3.Which joints in our body work as levers?
In the next module, you will complete a variety of reading and writing activities.

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Links to Station 2.2 Modules
Lab Intro | Lab Presentation and Practice | Communications Intro| Communications Presentation and Practice| Math

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