Any Old Bones (KS2)

Your pupils will be able to participate in fun, science based activities, which will encourage them to look closely at bones and skeletons.

Venue:

• Bolton Museum

Note: All sessions at the Museum are free to schools within the Bolton Local Authority

Aims:

• To help children gain a greater understanding of the natural world through exciting “hands on” scientific enquiry.
• To use the evidence provided by the bones and skeletons of a variety of animals to make observations & comparisons about these animals and their environment.

Objectives:

• Become a natural history explorer and record observations through annotated sketches.
• Discover which groups of animals do not have an internal skeleton.
• Compare and study skeletons from different animals focusing on their structures and movement.
• Investigate the lifestyles of the animals to discover how the skeletons have changed and adapted.

National Curriculum links:

This interactive workshop links to the Key Stage 2 Schemes of Work for:

• Science Unit 3A: Teeth & eating
• Science Unit 4A: Moving and growing

• N.C. Science programme of study:
• Sc2.2: Humans and other animals