1. The Vitruvian Man

2. The Drawing
The Vitruvian Man is a famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci from 1487 a.d.
It was based on the supposed ideal human proportions as laid down by Vitruvius, a Roman architect.

3. The proportions Examples of the proportions:
The length of a man's arm span is equal to his height
The distance from the top of a man's head to the bottom of his chin is 1/6 of his height
The distance from the bottom of the knee to the bottom of the foot is 1/4 of his height
The distance from shoulder to shoulder is 1/4 of his height
The length of a man's foot is 1/8 of his height

4. Your task
Break into groups of 4. Each person needs a piece of paper. As a group, you are going to measure each other to see if you’re a Virtruvian Man! Before you start, write the following:
Purpose - what you are doing and why
Hypothesis - a prediction of what you think your results will be
Materials needed
Method - how you plan to test your hypothesis. Be specific, what will you measure, how will you measure, how many times will you measure, etc.

5. Your task
Data - the quantitative data you obtained by following your method
Results - display and analyze your data and discuss error
Conclusion - did your data support or NOT support your hypothesis and why

6. Your task
Break into groups of 4. Each person needs a piece of paper. As a group, you are going to measure each other to see if you’re a Virtruvian Man! Before you start, write the following:
Purpose - what you are doing and why
Hypothesis - a prediction of what you think your results will be
Materials needed
Method - how you plan to test your hypothesis. Be specific, what will you measure, how will you measure, how many times will you measure, etc.
Data - the quantitative data you obtained by following your method
Results - display and analyze your data and discuss error
Conclusion - did your data support or NOT support your hypothesis and why

7. Spreadsheet and Submission
For spreadsheet and submissions
smithmavscience.weebly.com 
Go to Biology -> Assignments
Save the Word Doc onto the desktop
Click on your class tab
Type your Group Number as "Group 1,2,3,etc."
Browse for the File on the desktop and upload
Click Submit
In a Word Document type the following
Results: 
Analyze your data - Did your measured and expected proportions match? Were there any interesting patterns?
Discuss error - Did you have any? What DID you do to minimize it? What more COULD you have done to minimize it?
Conclusion: 
Did your data support or NOT support your hypothesis and why? Could you have done anything to improve your results? What did you learn?

8. Spreadsheet and Submission
For spreadsheet and submissions
smithmavscience.weebly.com 
Go to Biology -> Assignments
Save the Word Doc onto the desktop
Click on your class tab
Type your Group Number as "Group 1,2,3,etc."
Browse for the File on the desktop and upload
Click Submit
In a Word Document type the following
Results: 
Analyze your data - Did your measured and expected proportions match? Were there any interesting patterns?
Discuss error - Did you have any? What DID you do to minimize it? What more COULD you have done to minimize it?
Conclusion: 
Did your data support or NOT support your hypothesis and why? Could you have done anything to improve your results? What did you learn?

9. Bibliography Compiled by Mark Kane Aug. 2011
Statua di Poggio Bracciolini