Metric Measurement

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This fun kit guides students in making metric measurements of human hands and feet, then comparing their own hands to orangutan hands- some of the most amazing hands in the animal kingdom. The similarities they find will surprise them!

An articulated model of an orangutan hand is included in the kit, which will surely entice even the most reluctant of learners. In the process of the lab, evolutionary relationships as well as issues of orangutan conservation will come into light.

The kit contains:

• 1 articulated orangutan hand
• 3 articulated human hands
• 3 articulated human feet
• 1 human arm
• 12 yellow metric rulers
• 12 blue laminated foot guides
• 12 green laminated hand guides
• 12 laminated orangutan disarticulated/handprints
• 12 laminated disarticulated human hands
• Laminated pieces of colored paper of different lengths (12 of each color: black, yellow, green, dark green, blue, and red)
• Lab Notebook and CD containing Microsoft Word version of lab