In our unit this half term, we have been learning about skeletons and muscles. We know that our skeleton helps to support us, helps us move and also protects our internal organs. In our most recent lesson, we worked in table groups to investigate a question about the function of our skeleton. Some of us investigated if the length of our fingers affected how far we could throw, while others chose to investigate if the length of our femur affected our ability to jump or skip. We had to predict what our results would show before we started, as well as consider how we made it a fair test. 

Here is some feedback from the children:

Gasser – We found out that the longer the length of your femur means you can do more skips in 1 minute. 

Jordan – It does matter how long your middle finger is because Arlo has the longest and he threw the ball the furthest. Avianna had the smallest middle finger and her distance was the smallest.

Heidi – We investigated if the length of our femur meant we could jump further. Our results showed that it doesn’t matter. I enjoyed jumping but found it hard to measure it. 

Ariyan – My group found out that the length of your middle finger does matter because I threw the ball 600cm and I had the longest middle finger in my group

Zain – My group investigated the length of our femurs and how many skips we can do in 1 minute. The skipping was the hardest part! 

Cassidy – We made it a fair test by always jumping from the same spot

Layal – We made the investigation fair by using cones to make sure we all threw a ball from the same place 

Zac – I liked looking at all of the bones in the skeleton