Fourth graders explore the joints that let the body bend, turn, and move, learning the main kinds, how smooth cartilage cushions them, and how to keep them healthy.
Students will be able to…
Try to pick up a pencil without bending your fingers, elbow, or wrist. You cannot. The places where your body bends are joints. What are they, and how do they work?
Project this and open each card to explore the joints that let your body move.
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Try to pick up a pencil without bending your fingers, elbow, or wrist. You cannot. The places where your body bends are joints. What are they, and how do they work?
Students explore how joints work.
Students locate joints in motion.
Students map their joints.
Students reflect on joints.
Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.
Describe joints as the places where bones meet and move.
Explain how joints allow the body to move in different ways.
Identify how cartilage cushions and protects a joint.
Value habits that keep joints healthy for life.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students trace a body outline, mark five joints, and label what each one lets them do, so they can see how the body is built to move. A printable joints worksheet is in the PE & Health library.
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