This document provides instructions for a ratios and proportions project to create a mini book comparing the student to different animals. Students are asked to use the given ratios of height to hopping distance for a frog, height to tongue length for a chameleon, and neck length to total height for a giraffe to calculate how their proportions would compare. They then need to write the comparisons in a way that would fit in a children's book using compelling language rather than direct measurements.
This document provides instructions for a ratios and proportions project to create a mini book comparing the student to different animals. Students are asked to use the given ratios of height to hopping distance for a frog, height to tongue length for a chameleon, and neck length to total height for a giraffe to calculate how their proportions would compare. They then need to write the comparisons in a way that would fit in a children's book using compelling language rather than direct measurements.
This document provides instructions for a ratios and proportions project to create a mini book comparing the student to different animals. Students are asked to use the given ratios of height to hopping distance for a frog, height to tongue length for a chameleon, and neck length to total height for a giraffe to calculate how their proportions would compare. They then need to write the comparisons in a way that would fit in a children's book using compelling language rather than direct measurements.
You will create a mini book to show your understanding of ratios.
Frog Height: 3 inches Hopping distance: 60 inches If you could hop like a frog, how far could you hop? Chameleon Height: 1 foot Tongue length: 6 inches If you could stick your tongue out like a chameleon, how long out it be? Giraffe A giraffes neck is almost half its total height. If your neck was the same proportion, how long would it be? Write the text about your comparison that would be appropriate for a children's book. Remember, statements like I could leap from home plate to first base in one mighty leap are much more compelling than I could jump 90 feet.