Know About Different Skeletons

Did you know that you're a vertebrate? That means that you're an animal with a backbone.

In fact, your whole body is built on a foundation of bones called your skeleton (guess you knew that!) and all your muscles, etc. are attached to your bones.

In this activity, we'll be looking at the different parts of your skeleton (like skull, rib cage, arm and leg bones, and so on) as well as the skeletons of other animals.

We'll discover that your skeleton is not just for support (that's holding you up) but is also important for protecting some of the precious organs in your body.

For example, the skull protects the brain, while the rib cage protects organs like heart, lungs, liver, stomach and so on.

We'll also have a look at how the muscles are attached to the bones so that the body can be moved: as muscles contract they shorten, pulling on the bone they're attached to, and so moving it.

So, lots to find out about and explore - let's go!