Activity 1: Making Your Own X-ray Images Copy

The X-ray image is black and white. The white part on the X-ray image represent our bones. Our skeletons and bones will block the passage of the X-ray beam through the body, which appear white on the X-ray image. Let’s make your own X-ray image now.

Materials Needed

  • Black paper (from child’s student kit)
  • Chalk
  • White Paint
  • Paint Brush

How To Do?

Let’s follow the step-by-step instructions for you to do a hands-on activity with your child.

  1. Give your child a piece of black paper and tell them that they are going to make X-ray images of their hands. 
  2. Ask them to draw white lines on their fingers and the palm of their hand using the white paint. Guide them to understand that these lines represent the bones inside. 
  3. Now, ask them to “print” it on the black paper and while holding their hand down, draw an outline of their hand with a piece of white chalk. 
  4. When you are done, you will have an x-ray image of your hand!