Skeletal System and Muscular System Assignment

Choice Board Activity

Language/Level: 7th grade Science

Unit/Theme: Skeletal and Muscular System

Directions: You are to pick ONE choice board activity to complete.

Create a Jeopardy Game that has questions in reference to the muscular system and skeletal system. Create 10 questions for each system. Make sure you have the answers to the questions as well. Write a summary on how they both work together. / Design a Brochure that would illustrate and explain both the muscular system and skeletal system functions and other detail information. In your brochure you should have a conclusion explaining how they both work together. / Create a Rapthat explains the muscular and skeletal system functions and other detailed information. Also in the rap say how they both work together.
Create a Venn Diagram that compares and contrast the muscular and skeletal system. Include a summary on the back on how they work together. / Produce a Poem that explains the functions and other information on the skeletal and muscular system. Include in the poem how these two system work together. / Create a Children’s book that illustrates and explains the muscular and skeletal system function and other major details. Also in the book conclude how they work together.
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Test Review Questions

Thinking Critically

  1. Classify: There are four types of tissue I the human body; epithelia, nerve, muscle, and connective. How would you classify bone? Explain your reasoning.
  2. Synthesize: The human skeletal has two main divisions. Which skeleton do the arms and legs belong to? How do the joints that connect the arms to the shoulders and legs to the hips relate to the function of this skeleton?
  3. Summarize: Describe three important functions of the Skeletal and muscular system?
  4. Compare and Contrast: What is the difference between involuntary and voluntary muscles?

Reviewing Key Concepts

  1. Which type of tissue carries electrical impulses from your brain?
  2. Epithelial
  3. Muscle
  4. Nerve
  5. Connective
  6. The marrow produces
  7. Spongy bone
  8. Red blood cells
  9. Compact bone
  10. Calcium
  11. How do muscles contribute to homeostasis?
  12. They keep parts of the body together
  13. They control the amount of water in the body
  14. They help you move
  15. They produce heat when they contract
  16. Cardiac muscle is found in the
  17. Heart
  18. Stomach
  19. Intestines
  20. Arms and legs
  21. Which bones are part of the axial skeleton?
  22. Skull, shoulder blades, arm bones
  23. Skull, spinal column, leg bones
  24. Shoulder blades, spinal column, and hip bones
  25. Skull, spinal column, ribs