{"id":2192,"date":"2024-09-02T12:04:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundb2019\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2024-09-15T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:43:07","slug":"femur-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundb2019\/2024\/09\/02\/femur-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Femur Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">We have been finding out more about the skeletal system.\u00a0 We discovered the femur is the longest bone in the body.\u00a0 We decided to investigate if the person with the longest femur could jump the farthest.\u00a0 We all measured our femurs with the help of a partner.\u00a0 Then one by one we jumped! Mrs Hunter had the second longest femur but she jumped the shortest distance-98cm.\u00a0 One of the pupils with the shortest femur jumped the longest -1m 80cm.\u00a0 This opened up lots of discussion about how we could make our experiment fair &#8211; Should it be people of the same height? Age? Weight?<\/p>\n<p>Meta-skills being used were curiosity and sense-making.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2192 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundb2019\/2024\/09\/02\/femur-investigation\/img_6841\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundb2019\/uploads\/sites\/3189\/2024\/09\/02114552\/IMG_6841-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundb2019\/2024\/09\/02\/femur-investigation\/img_6844\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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