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Who Is Average?
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Materials
- role of twine
- meter sticks
? two large sheets of paper , at least 3' wide and 7' long. (back side
of gift wrap or paper used for mailing packages, is good)
- straight edge 6' long (A straight piece of wood is good. Shop classes
are an excellent source.)
- marking pens
Procedure
Your task is to determine what constitutes the size on an average sized female and male and then to calculate the surface area of each.
Discussions Questions/Extensions ......
Why are these averages?
How can the averages be used in solving our problem? Designing insulated underwear for a trip to Antarctica.
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