Related to the last point the french word for inch is pouce which also. What an interesting post.
Measurements
Measurement with body parts. Calibrating yourself a first step is to choose your measures and measure your choices. Body part measurementa hands on partner activity designed to get students thinking about centimeters and inches by involving both estimation and measurement. Measure the circumference of your chest. Hold out your arm and take a tape measure or ruler. The cubit was just one of numerous units of measurement based on the typical size of body parts. Model how to measure have everyone sit down facing the board.
Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below. Examples include body parts grain seeds or livestock body parts feet were the most common just becasue the first thing that people are measuring is ground distances and feet are convenient. Here are a few more. Another measurement that i use is an inch made by bending my ring finger into a tabletop shape. First nothing in nature is consistent enough for precision measurement they get used early then abandoned the name sticks around the unt they no longer use the actual thing. Your body can be used as a measuring tool when you dont have a measuring tape conveniently with you.
Measuring parts of the body. Although its a nonstandard unit of measurement its conveniently with you all the time. For example when measuring your waist some people take the measurement below the belly button when your natural waistline is located above the belly button. 125 by 95 in so my palms quickly gave a nice measurement. The romans used this measurement and so can you. The width of your own palm the length of your own foot and so on.
Measuring with an ordinary ruler i get 032 m and 025 m. Now that the key vocabulary has been reviewed we can move onto the fun part of the lesson measuring parts of the body. It is designed to measure the forehead temperature of the human body easily and quickly. A more accurate way use your body parts to estimate length is to know your own measurements. Many body distances can be used as measures but you dont need all of them. 10 responses to body parts as tools of measurement chris on january 21 2009 136 am.
These estimates are just that. In the windless environment just keep the infrared temperature gun on the bridge of the nose and in the middle of the two eyes with 3 5cm vertical distance where is the radiation source closest to normal body temperature you can. It might also help you remember the measurements because you have to use parts of your body instead of inches feet and yards. Forehead infrared thermometer is an infrared temperature measurement tool. It probably goes without saying that the unit foot was based on the length of a mans foot. Devin johnston on january 21 2009 259 am.
Students are to work with a buddy to discover widths lengths and measurements around of various body partswhats includeda4 centimetres wo. Attempt to measure your arm but.
Gallery of Measurement With Body Parts
