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title: "Year 3 - Science- Learning how Muscles Work."
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-07-year-3-science-learning-how-muscles-work"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 3 - Science- Learning how Muscles Work.

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/432065f6-e7d0-4851-9d2e-413269ba26e6.jpg)   7 May 2024

Year 3 have been learning all about animals including humans in science.  Today they have looked at how muscles work.  They cut out pictures of two bones then joined them together using a split pin to make the joint move.  They added an elastic band to act as the muscle and to see how it affected the joint.

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