There are 206 bones in the human body and a human spine is made of 33 interlocking bones, called vertebrae, that run from the spine to the tailbone. Between each vertebra is a spongy disc that provides cushioning between the bones. There is a canal that runs through the length of the spine and this contains the spinal cord. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that run to and from the brain.
The first thing that you need to do is cut your cardboard egg boxes into individual sections. These are going to be the vertebra in the model
You are then going to cut some circles out of your foam/ felt. These are going to be the spongy discs between the vertebrae. You will need one to go between each egg box section.
You next need to make holes in the middle of the egg box sections and the foam/ felt circles
You can now start assembling the model. The pipe cleaner is the spinal cord and you want to start by threading an egg box vertebrae section, then thread a spongy disc section and repeat threading these onto the pipe cleaner.
You want to start and finish with an egg box section but you can make your model as big or small as you like
The video tutorial for this activity is available on the Surrey Libraries Facebook Page or the Surrey Libraries YouTube Channel
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