Statue of Me – Initial Activity
Measure yourself using yardsticks (in inches): PART I: MEASUREMENT Measure yourself using yardsticks (in inches): 1. Height: ______ 2. Shoulder width: ____ 3. Shoe length: ______
Measure a classmate with yardsticks (in inches): PART I: MEASUREMENT Measure a classmate with yardsticks (in inches): 4. Height: ______ 5. Shoulder width: ____ 6. Shoe length: ______
If we were going to make a 50 ft tall statue of you, what is the… PART II: THE STATUE If we were going to make a 50 ft tall statue of you, what is the… 7. statue’s width? 8. statue’s length?
PART II: THE STATUE If we wanted to make a statue that was a ratio of 5:1 bigger than you, what is the…. 9. height? 10. width? 11. length?
PART III: ACTION FIGURE
PART III: ACTION FIGURE If instead we wanted to make an action figure (or doll) of you that was 4 inches tall, what is the… 12. width? 13. length?
PART III: ACTION FIGURE If the ratio of the height of the action figure to your real height was 1:10, what is the… 14. height? 15. width? 16. length?