Description
String Them Together! Pregnancy Anatomy Icebreaker Activity for Engaging Student Learning
Looking for a hands-on, highly engaging way to break the ice or recap key pregnancy vocabulary? String Them Together is the perfect interactive activity to get your learners moving, talking, and visualizing real-life anatomy measurements!
Whether you are an antenatal educator/birth worker welcoming a new cohort of expectant parents, or a secondary school biology/health teacher wrapping up a unit on human reproduction, this versatile resource builds community while teaching essential facts.
How It Works
- Grab a String: Participants choose a mystery length of colorful string from a basket.
- Find Your Match: They move around the room to find the person or couple with the exact same length of string to form a team.
- Find your Anatomy Fact Card: Teams now look for their anatomy fact card that matches their length of string i.e. card: “average length of the umbilical cord” matches string length of 55cm.
- Connect & Learn: Teams spend 3 minutes getting to know each other (using the built-in icebreaker prompt) and match their string to a hidden anatomy statement card.
- Reveal: The group comes together for introductions and to reveal the fascinating anatomy measurements!
Perfect For:
- Birth Workers & Childbirth Educators: An ideal, low-pressure icebreaker for expectant couples in antenatal or hypnobirthing classes.
- Secondary School Teachers: A fantastic, active-learning vocabulary recap for high school anatomy, biology, or health classes covering pregnancy and fetal development.
What Anatomy & Concepts Are Covered?
The activity features 10 beautifully designed statement cards exploring key dimensions, including:
- Average length and thickness of the umbilical cord
- Average diameter and thickness of the human placenta at term
- Average length and head circumference of a term newborn
- Average diameter of a fully dilated cervix vs. average un-effaced cervix length
- Approximate length of the birth canal
- Diameter of a commonly used birth ball
What’s Included in Your Download?
This resource is fully global-friendly and completely adaptable! You will receive a ZIP file containing:
- US Letter Size Printables: Formatted using American English wording and spellings.
- A4 Size Printables: Formatted using British English wording and spellings.
- Fully Editable Google Slides Links: Force-copy links to both A4 and US Letter sizes so you can tweak the fonts, colors, or questions to fit your specific group.
- Step-by-Step Facilitator Guides: Includes full setup instructions, an alternative “Revitaliser” gameplay method for different dynamics, and professional scientific references.
Extra Materials needed:
2 x String cut to the following lengths:
- 55cm
- 22cm
- 50cm
- 10cm
- 34.5cm
- 14cm
- 65cm
- 3.5cm
- 2.5cm
- 2cm
Click “Add to Cart” to bring this tactile, memorable icebreaker to your next class!
