Bone length: plan and do | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

My skeleton is made from hard...

'bones' ✓
Name the functions of your skeleton.

It keeps you warm.

It supports your body. ✓

It protects your bones.

It protects your softer organs. ✓

It helps you sense things.
Match the organs to the bones that protect them.

heart and lungs

⇔

rib cage ✓

brain

⇔

skull ✓

spinal cord

⇔

spine ✓
Starting with the youngest, sort the life stages in to age order.

1

⇔

baby

2

⇔

toddler

3

⇔

child

4

⇔

teenager

5

⇔

adult
Plants and animals are living things and they all...

make a noise

run around

sleep

grow ✓
Which pieces of equipment would you use to measure length?

timer

thermometer

weighing scales

ruler ✓

measuring jug

Which statement about the human skeleton is true?

My skeleton is the same height as it was when I was born.

My skeleton has grown but will stop growing when I go to secondary school.

My skeleton gets smaller as I get older.

My skeleton will continue to grow into early adulthood. ✓

My skeleton will continue to grow until I die.
Our bones change and grow. This means that bone is a ______ thing.

'living' ✓
Which of the following are questions that a scientist might ask about bones?

Did you know that the smallest human bone is in the ear?

Which bone is the longest? ✓

There are 26 bones in the human foot.

Do bones get weaker as we get older? ✓
Match the equipment to the unit of measure.

tape measure

⇔

centimetre ✓

thermometer

⇔

degrees Celsius ✓

measuring cylinder

⇔

millilitres ✓

weighing scales

⇔

gram ✓
A scientist gathers and records information called ______ in tables and charts.

'data' ✓
Look at this table of results. How old is the person that has the longest foot?

'40' ✓

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Bone is a living thing. Our bones change throughout our lives.
Scientists ask questions and then plan how to carry out the right type of investigation to find answers.
Scientists choose the correct equipment to be able to measure accurately.
Scientists gather and record data using tables and charts.

Children may think that bone is not a living thing and therefore does not grow.

This lesson is all about children finding out for themselves. They will find answers to the enquiry question: Do bones grow as we get older?

Plan - A plan has all the steps that will be taken during an investigation.
Measure - To measure is to use equipment to find numbers to describe something such as its length, weight, size or time.
Equipment - Equipment includes all the things needed to carry out an investigation.
Record - To record information is to keep it so that it can be passed on to others.
Data - Data is information collected during an investigation. It may be numbers, symbols, pictures, text, graphs and more.