Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

During his studies of the human form, Leonardo da Vinci stated that the height of a person should be exactly the same as their arm span.

If a person's arm span and height were significantly different he considered their body to be unbalanced.

Grade 5/6 Intermediate

Measure your own height and arm span, then type the information into a prepared spreadsheet with the information from the rest of the class.

The spreadsheet will automatically generate an X-Y scatter graph of the data

Discuss the accuracy of da Vinci's theorem.

Grade 5/6 Advanced

Measure your own height and arm span, then type the information into a blank spreadsheet with the information from the rest of the class.

Generate an X-Y scatter graph.

Discuss the accuracy of da Vinci's theorem.