Science - Measuring Feet - Do the Oldest Children Have the Longest Feet?

We explored an exciting science enquiry question this week:“Do the oldest children have the longest feet?”

To investigate, the children worked in pairs and drew around their feet on large sheets of paper. Each child recorded their age and month of birth and we compared the results across the class.

The children were fantastic scientists! They noticed that while some older children had longer feet, it wasn’t always true – there were exceptions. This led to a great discussion about how scientists look for patterns but also think about other factors that might affect results.