Joints Activity for Matching Body Actions

Cut-and-match joints activity: students pair eight actions such as chew, nod, wave and kneel with the joints that make them possible, from jaw and elbow to knee and spine, and some actions need more than one.
Grades
Grades 3–11
Pages
2
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Sep 18, 2026

Subject
Human Body, Life Sciences, Science
Topic
Joints Activity, Joints
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Activities
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Activity Overview

The human body is full of fascinating wonders to learn. This activity is created to help the students recognize the anatomy and the job of the human body.

Joints

Every part and organ in our human body is vital so let's see how important they are.

Have you ever imagined how we look like if we didn't have a skeleton?

Did you know that because we have our amazing muscles we can stand!

Do you know how many teeth do we have?

Have you ever wondered about the food journey inside our body?

Can you name all the glands in our body?

Why do we have skin?

Our nervous system is really good at sending signals. Can you tell us more about it?

Are you really good at Mathematics, painting, or any other thing? You should really thank your brain about it!

The famous five senses are really doing a great work? Can you explain how every sense works?

Joints Activity

The activity is perfect for encouraging the researching skills for the students, while learning more about our fantastic human body.

Joints

This friendly designed worksheet is suitable for students at school, homeschooling, and as a group activity.

Instruction

Cut everything out and match the actions with the joints.

Some actions will require more than one.

Format

Available in a PDF format.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Match everyday body movements to the joints used to perform them

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