Thursday, May 14, 2009

Feet

The outline of my foot. It just fitted on the paper.
Some info on the bones in the foot.
And some info on flat feet. I am having to do some exercises to try and help my feet because they are a little "flat".

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Hands

This is an outline of my hand.
Some info on the bones in the hand.
And the muscles, ligaments and tendons that make our hand work.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Look at these bones & joints

We had roast lamb today for dinner, so it was a good opportunity to have a look at some bones and joints.
A ball and socket joint. And the left bone looks a bit like a shoulder blade, so the other bones was the top bone of the leg.
Ruth had fun moving the joint too.
Fun having a look at this section of bone and working out all the different things we could see.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Tying a Knot in a Bone: Part 3

Our first two bones are dry. Unfortunately they have gotten really dark so they don't look as nice as when they were first knotted. The heart worked really well on the second one though.
All the other small bones were soft now.
But they were too big for tying knots. So we used some string to keep them folded while they dry.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

3 Types of Skeletons

There are 3 Types of Skeletons
Endoskeleton
Exoskeleton
and Hydroskeleton (the one most people don't know about).

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Soft egg shell: Part 3

It took a lot longer for the egg shell to get hard again. We kept poking it though to see if it was hard and because it was not completely hard yet, we made quite a few dents in the egg. It is so dry now it is falling apart.

Tying a Knot in a Bone: Part 2

Tying a knot in the smallest bones which are now soft.
Left: the shape it starts out as. Right: with a knot.