Name ________________

Body Ratios and Proportions Lab

1. Use a string and meter stick, measure the length of your femur in centimeters.

2. Next, find your height using the meter stick in centimeters.

3. Supposedly the length of your femur is ¼ your height. Does this hold true for you?

4. What do you think this means as far as your growth is concerned?

5. What are some sources of possible error in your measurement?

6. Next, use the string and meter stick to measure your “wing span” (fingertip to fingertip) in
centimeters.

7. This measurement is supposed to be the same as your height. Is it?

8. What do you think this means as far as your growth is concerned?

9. Does you data from your femur measurement match with the data from your wing span
measurement? Explain what this might mean.

10. Use a piece of string to measure the circumference of your head in centimeters.

11. Measure a piece of string that is the same height as you are in centimeters.

12. Wrap the “height” string around your head. How many times does it wrap around your
head?

13. How tall is your head? Measure it in centimeters.

14. How many heads tall are you?