Fictional Physics - Measurement

Contents

• Part 1: Background Information
• Part 2: Problem Solving
• Part 3: Discussion
• Grading Rubric

How strong are you relative to your weight now?

How strong would you be relative to your weight if you were shrunk to the size of an ant?

How strong would you be relative to your weight if you were blown up as tall as a 5 story building?

Part 1: Background Information

How does your weight compare to your strength - what type of activity are you using to determine this (bench, squats…)? Why did you decide on that activity?

How does your height compare to that of an ant? Cite your information.

How does your height compare to that of a 5 story building? Cite your information.

Part 2: Problem Solving

Go through all five problem solving steps to answer both the shrinking and blowing up problem. Look back and the That’s Ginormous Activity if you don’t remember how to do this.

1. DAP                2. KNU        3. EQN        4. SSF                5. CYA

Part 3: Discussion

Prepare your own answers to the discussion question before having the class discussion.

It is often said that an ant can lift 10 times its weight, is that impressive?

What would the plot of Honey I Blew Up the Kid actually be? Would it be very entertaining? (Think in terms of what couldn’t you do if you were made very large.)

Grading Rubric