Get a Grip Journals

Journal #1

List of Ways of Holding Different Objects with One Hand 

• Wrap fingers around the object - fingers meet each other. 
• Using two fingers (thumb & index finger) to pick items 
• Grabbing - whole palm 
• Use of 3 fingers (thumb, index, middle fingers) 
• Scooping - 2 palms adjacent to each other touching 
• Balancing - 2 palms adjacent to each other not touching 
• Hugging - Using hand and arm 

Journal #2

Observation & Drawing of How I Hold My Water Bottle

All my fingers are wrapped around my ruler

Journal #3

Observation of how the gorilla moves about using their arms, legs, hands & feet

1. Arms bent at a certain angle
2. Arms longer than legs
3. Use the back of the hands to move.
4. Use both hands and feet to walk
5. Large gap between the first & second toe (Like our hands)
6. Tend to bend their knees, causing instability

Journal #4

Questions on how the primates move...

1. Why is the skin so horny?
2. Why are their arms longer than their legs?
3. Why do they bend their knees while walking
4. Why do they walk with the back of their hands?

ETC...