Garswood Primary
and Nursery SchoolLongest femur, biggest jump?
Lesson: Science
Wednesday 23rd February 2023
Year 3 have been investigating whether there is a scientific correlation between who has the biggest femur and who has the biggest jump. We designed an experiment in which they ensured the following things were investigated….
Question to investigate:
Can people with longer femurs jump further?
As a class….
We decided what we would need to do first:
For this investigation, we needed to measure the length of people's femurs first so that we could then compare them.
We thought about what equipment we would use:
Equipment:
- Metre stick and chalk
- We planned how to make
our test fair
- We thought about the following things…
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What are we changing in our investigation? |
· We are changing the length of the femur |
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What are we measuring in our investigation? |
· We are measuring the length each · We are measuring the length of each person’s femur. (Same person) |
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What are we going to keep the same each time we do the investigation? |
· We are keeping these things the same: · Ground being jumped on · Way to take off for the jump · Type of clothing and footwear worn · The points the jump is measured from and to · Weather conditions |
