Come and see what makes bones so strong!

These resources were created for the Cambridge science festival 2013.

If you teach primary science, see the headings below to find out how to use this resource:

Skill development

Children will develop their working scientifically skills by:

  • Using appropriate scientific language and ideas to explain, evaluate and communicate their methods and findings.
  • Drawing conclusions and raising further questions that could be investigated, based on their data and observations.
  • Asking their own questions about scientific phenomena.

Learning outcomes

Children will:

  • Recognise the impact of diet and lifestyle on the way their bodies function.

Concepts supported

Children will learn:

  • That calcium is an important part of people’s diets.
  • What can happen if people have deficiencies in their diets, in this case calcium

Suggested activity use

This activity could be carried out as a whole class exercise, with children working in small groups to carry out the experiment. This activity would work well if used in conjunction with the resource K-Mistry – fast facts: elemental! 

Practical considerations

You will need chicken bones, vinegar and a container for the experiment.

Please take into account any health and safety considerations when carrying out this activity.

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