Assignment 1: The Vitruvian Man Meets the Scientific Method
Outcomes
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
- learn and practice the scientific method by measuring human dimensions
- create a hypothesis and design an experiment for data collection
- collect and analyze collected data, including graphical analysis reject or accept the hypothesis
- write a conclusion that accepts or rejects the hypothesis including sources of error
Overview
Leonardo da Vinici’s drawing Vitruvian Man shows how the proportions of the adult human body fit perfectly into a circle or a square. This diagram by Leonardo da Vinci is an illustration of Vitruvius’ theory. According to Vitruvius’s theory the distance from fingertip to fingertip (arm span) should be equal to the distance from head to heel (height). In this activity you will design an experiment to test one or more of the Vitruvius’s theories.
Vitruvius’s Theories
• From fingertip to fingertip, the span of a person’s arms is equal to
his/her height.
• From the roots of the hair to the bottom of the chin is the tenth of a
person’s height
• From the bottom of the chin to the top of the head is one eighth of a
person’s height
• The distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose and from the roots
of the hair to the eyebrows should be equal, each comprising 1/3 the length of
the face.
• From the bottom of the knee to the bottom of the foot is equal to ¼ of
a person’s height.
• The distance from the outer edge of one shoulder to the outer edge of
the opposite shoulder is equal to ¼ of a person’s
height.
Instructions
1. Propose a Hypothesis: After the completion of the readings, state the problem and develop a hypothesis concerning one of the Vitruvian Theories. Record your information using this template—AP_assignment01 (DOC, 192 KB).
2. Experimental Design: Following the comparison table, decide what materials you will need to test your hypothesis and design a procedure for data collection.
3. Data Collection: Next, collect and record your data into the template. Record all your data in metric units. It might prove to be useful to record if your subjects are male or
female.
4. Analysis of Data: Finally, analyze and graph your data, discuss your data and possible sources of error and draw conclusions.
Submitting
To submit your assignment to your instructor, save your MS Word file as a DOC/DOCX file and name in the following manner:
AP_assignment01_lastnamefirstinitial (i.e., AP_assignment01_crossl.doc)
Submit your finished work to the assignment 1 link in the Submissions area of Moodle before
11:59 p.m. U.S. EST/EDT on the last day of this module.
Grading
Rubric Download
Vitruvius’s Theories
• From fingertip to fingertip, the span of a person’s arms is equal to
his/her height.
• From the roots of the hair to the bottom of the chin is the tenth of a
person’s height
• From the bottom of the chin to the top of the head is one eighth of a
person’s height
• The distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose and from the roots
of the hair to the eyebrows should be equal, each comprising 1/3 the length of
the face.
• From the bottom of the knee to the bottom of the foot is equal to ¼ of
a person’s height.
• The distance from the outer edge of one shoulder to the outer edge of
the opposite shoulder is equal to ¼ of a person’s
height.
Instructions
1. Propose a Hypothesis: After the completion of the readings, state the problem and develop a hypothesis concerning one of the Vitruvian Theories. Record your information using this template—AP_assignment01 (DOC, 192 KB).
2. Experimental Design: Following the comparison table, decide what materials you will need to test your hypothesis and design a procedure for data collection.
3. Data Collection: Next, collect and record your data into the template. Record all your data in metric units. It might prove to be useful to record if your subjects are male or
female.
4. Analysis of Data: Finally, analyze and graph your data, discuss your data and possible sources of error and draw conclusions.
Submitting
To submit your assignment to your instructor, save your MS Word file as a DOC/DOCX file and name in the following manner:
AP_assignment01_lastnamefirstinitial (i.e., AP_assignment01_crossl.doc)
Submit your finished work to the assignment 1 link in the Submissions area of Moodle before
11:59 p.m. U.S. EST/EDT on the last day of this module.
Grading
Rubric Download
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