Studying For The Practical

Once you have identified all of the muscles required, start studying for your practical! Depending on how many muscles you have to identify, you may need to go to class before or after school in order to get a sufficient amount of studying time.

Here are some simple studying tips!

• Quiz your Partner! During class, work with your partner (if you don't have one you should work with others) to identify muscles in a certain  of the body. Have one partner quiz the other by point to a muscle and asking for the name of it. Or you can ask your partner, "Where is the _______ muscle?" Here is an example of two students who are working together to study:

Jason and Larry working on their pig David!

• Have a Mock Practical! Ask the other students in your class if they would want to participate in a mock practical in order to help study. If you ask your teacher the guidelines or logistics of the practical you can  have a more realistic mock practical. Around one of the large tables in the classroom, set up about 5 or 6 fetal pigs (set up depending on how many muscles you have to identify and how much time you have). Have each group who is participating work on a specific area of the pig to put numbered pins (like the ones below) into different muscles. Also have each group write an answer key to the muscles, and then you are ready to begin! 

Numbered pins for the practical

Students working on placing pins before the
mock practical

• Work on a different pig! Talk to other kids in your class about switching pigs in order to make sure you know the muscles. By looking at a different pig you are able to see the muscle in different sized pigs where the muscles may look different. Some of your classmates may have a isolated muscle that is in better shape than your own. 

Here is Larry looking at Stanley's leg

• Think of Clues! Talk to other groups to discuss ways in which they remember the location of certain muscles. Some people may have good ways to remember muscles for the practical which can help if you have a limited amount of time on the practical.
• Look at our website! We have worked hard to explain in detail the muscles, along with adding pictures that correctly identify the muscles. Also we have a few quizzes that may be helpful in studying!

Hope all of this helps, good luck and we hope you have a fun adventure with your own pig!

Shea, Eliza, and Stanley