Danni Varenhorst #614 Math 6, per.

2 Anthropometry Project In my 6th grade Math class we did a project all about anthropometry. Anthropometry is the study of bones, and the measurement of human bones. Anthropos is a word for human, and metrikos is a word for measuring. During this project, we got to figure out how tall we were with our classmates. I never knew that this was a way that math could be used for. On day 1 and 2 we learned about the radius, and on days 3 and 4 we measured or radius, humerus and tibia. The one thing our teacher Mrs. Schwarz wanted us to learn during this project is how you can use math in everyday life. On day one and day two, we learned about a very famous anthropologist, Diane France. After learning about Diane France, we figured out what the entire classes radius was. The radius is the inside of your elbow to the wrist bone. My radius was 7.5 inches. The smallest radius in the class was 7.5 and the biggest radius in the class was 9.5. Then Mrs. Schwarz (our math teacher) measured everyones height, the smallest person in the class was 56 in tall (my height) and the tallest person in the class was 66.5 in tall. We figured out the mean (all numbers added up and divided by how many numbers there are) median (the middle number) mode (most common number) and range (smallest number subtracted from the biggest) of all the numbers in the class. On day two, we learned how to make a graph for the radius and height. The dots on the graph represent the boys and the girls, boys are blue, and girls are pink. I put a line from the zero in the bottom left corner through the middle of all the dots. If you know your radius, you could not find out how tall you were without measuring yourself by going across the bottom of the graph until you find your number then go up until you hit the line.

On days three and four, we figured out what our tibia and humerus was. The tibia is the bone on the inside of your ankle to the top of your knee, and the humerus is the indentation in your shoulder to your elbow. After the humerus and tibia were calculated, we put them into formulas to figure out our height without even measuring ourselves. The formula that came closest to calculating my height was the radius. It predicted that I was 58 in tall when I am really only 56. On day 4 we found out what the tibia, radius, and humerus was for all the teachers in the sixth grade. I used the formulas on the chart. Then we had to find witch predicted height was closest to their real height. After we found the predicted heights for the radius humerus and tibia, we had to find the difference between the real height and the predicted height. Almost all the humerus bones of all the teachers were the closest to their real height. In conclusion, I think Mrs. Schwarz gave us this assignment to teach us that math is used in everyday life. My favorite part of this project was learning about Diane France and how she uncovered the mystery of Princess Anastasia. The one thing that was most difficult for med during this project was using all different formulas to find the heights. If I could give some advice to an anthropometrist I would say this, the formulas you have work very well and are very accurate. However, I think that using the humerus formula works the best. Every time I tried the formula for the humerus, I always got in-between 2-0 in off. I would use the formula for the humerus the most.