Handy Movement Follow FizzicsEd 150 Science Experiments: Comments 0 You will need: Hand template on paper or card (get the hand template here) Scissors Straws Tape or Glue String Copyright Instruction 1 Cut out the hand template using scissors. 2 Bend the paper/card where the knuckles are. 3 Cut up the straws to represent the lengths of the bones in your hand. 4 Glue or tape the straws in place, making sure you don’t crush the straws. Leave one cm gaps between the straws where the knuckles are to allow the fingers to bend. 5 Tape 30cm pieces of string to the top of the fingers and thumb. 6 Thread the string through the straws, down each finger. 7 Add one straw at the wrist and thread all the strings down this straw. You can cut a slit up the straw if there isn’t enough space. 8 Holding the edge of the paper, gently pull on the strings from below the wrist. Your paper hand model should curl up like a real hand! 9 Go further – buy 5 x student activity sheets as extension worksheets. This student science booklet has been created by experienced science educators from the Fizzics Education team. Use these student worksheets as blackline masters for your science class! See all student sheets here 10 School science visits since 2004! – Curriculum-linked & award-winning incursions. – Over 40 primary & high school programs to choose from. – Designed by experienced educators. – Over 2 million students reached. – Face to face incursions & online programs available. – Early learning centre visits too! 11 Online courses for teachers & parents – Help students learn how science really works 12 Get the Unit of Work on the human body here! Learn about the major body systems Dive into the five senses How does digestion, respiration, circulation and many other processes work and more! Includes cross-curricular teaching ideas, student quizzes, a sample marking rubric, scope & sequences & more What is Happening? The hand has many bones. The three bones in each finger and two bones in each thumb are called phalanges. The phalanges connect to the metacarpals which are the five bones in the palm of your hand. Altogether, you have 19 bones in each hand plus 8 in your wrist. The bones of the hand provide support and flexibility to the soft tissues. They can be divided into three categories: Carpal bones (Most proximal or closest to arm) – A set of eight irregularly shaped bones. These are located in the wrist area. Metacarpals – There are five metacarpals, each one related to a digit Phalanges (Most distal or furthest from arm) – The bones of the fingers. Each finger has three phalanges, except for the thumb, which has two. A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches muscle to bone. Your fingers and thumbs are moved by tendons which are moved by muscles. In most other bones in your body, tendons attach muscles to bone, and then the muscles move the bone. However, your fingers are special because there are no muscles in your fingers. Instead, the muscles that control your fingers are located in your palm and forearm. The muscles move the tendons in your fingers, and it’s the tendons that make your fingers move. The tendons slide through a tendon sheath, which is connected to your finger bones. Look at both sides of your actual hand as you open and close your fingers, and you will see the tendons that are moving your fingers! In this experiment, we used straws to represent the tendon sheaths and twine to represent the tendons. Variables to test More on variables here Can you construct this hand model so that it can hold a weight? What happens if you change the positions of the straws? Learn more! Teaching about the human body? From the 5 senses to the skeletal system, the Human Body workshop has you covered! Get in touch with FizzicsEd to find out how we can work with your class. Human Body Years 3 to 6 Maximum 30 students School workshop (NSW only) 60 or 90 minutes Online Class Available Read More Enquire Now STEM Full Day Accelerator - Primary Designed from real classroom experiences, this modular day helps you create consistently effective science learning that directly address the new curriculum with easily accessible and cost-effective materials. Read More Enquire Now Press Out And Build – Human Skeleton $19.95 inc. GST View Details Add to Cart Trustpilot Gross Science Parties Gooey science activities Make fake wounds & blood Disgusting fake vomit & snot More on the horrible human body! Read More
Glue or tape the straws in place, making sure you don’t crush the straws. Leave one cm gaps between the straws where the knuckles are to allow the fingers to bend.
Add one straw at the wrist and thread all the strings down this straw. You can cut a slit up the straw if there isn’t enough space.
Holding the edge of the paper, gently pull on the strings from below the wrist. Your paper hand model should curl up like a real hand!
Go further – buy 5 x student activity sheets as extension worksheets. This student science booklet has been created by experienced science educators from the Fizzics Education team. Use these student worksheets as blackline masters for your science class! See all student sheets here
School science visits since 2004! – Curriculum-linked & award-winning incursions. – Over 40 primary & high school programs to choose from. – Designed by experienced educators. – Over 2 million students reached. – Face to face incursions & online programs available. – Early learning centre visits too!
Get the Unit of Work on the human body here! Learn about the major body systems Dive into the five senses How does digestion, respiration, circulation and many other processes work and more! Includes cross-curricular teaching ideas, student quizzes, a sample marking rubric, scope & sequences & more
Teaching about the human body? From the 5 senses to the skeletal system, the Human Body workshop has you covered! Get in touch with FizzicsEd to find out how we can work with your class.
Human Body Years 3 to 6 Maximum 30 students School workshop (NSW only) 60 or 90 minutes Online Class Available Read More Enquire Now
STEM Full Day Accelerator - Primary Designed from real classroom experiences, this modular day helps you create consistently effective science learning that directly address the new curriculum with easily accessible and cost-effective materials. Read More Enquire Now
Designed from real classroom experiences, this modular day helps you create consistently effective science learning that directly address the new curriculum with easily accessible and cost-effective materials.
Gross Science Parties Gooey science activities Make fake wounds & blood Disgusting fake vomit & snot More on the horrible human body! Read More
Gooey science activities Make fake wounds & blood Disgusting fake vomit & snot More on the horrible human body!
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