The Vitruvian Theories of the Human Body

The Vitruvian Theories of the Human Body

Objective: One of Vitruvius's theories states that the length of your arm span is exactly equal to your height. The objective is to either prove or disprove this theory.

Research: Vitruvius states, "From fingertip to fingertip, the span of a person's arms is equal to his/her height."

Materials:

* My partner, myself, and two other people to test the theory on.

* A meterstick.

Procedure:

We had to get a meterstick. Then, my partner and I took turns measuring ourselves, and the two other people's arm spans. We recorded the results of how long they were each. Then, we took turns measuring each others height. We then recorded those results.

Arm Span Height

Stephen 177 cm 186 cm

Sean 192 cm 192 cm

Cassie 153 cm 154 cm

Sam 152 cm 159 cm

Data: Science

Data Analysis: The data disproved Vitruvius's theory because no ones arm span is equal to their height. His theory states that their arm span is exactly equal to their height and that didn't happen. His theory is disproved.

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Science The Vitruvian Theories of the Human Body

Objective: One of Vitruvius's theories states that the length of your arm span is exactly equal to your height. The objective is to either prove or disprove this theory.

Research: Vitruvius states, "From fingertip to fingertip, the span of a person's arms is equal to his/her height."

Materials:

* My partner, myself, and two other people to test the theory on.

* A meterstick.

Procedure:

We had to get a meterstick. Then, my partner and I took turns measuring ourselves, and the two other people's arm spans. We recorded the results of how long they were each. Then, we took turns measuring each others height. We then recorded those results.

Arm Span Height

Stephen 177 cm 186 cm

Sean 192 cm 192 cm

Cassie 153 cm 154 cm

Sam 152 cm 159 cm

Data:

Data Analysis: The data disproved Vitruvius's theory because no ones arm span is equal to their height. His theory states that their arm span is exactly equal to their height and that didn't happen. His theory is disproved.

Conclusion: The theory was that arm span, measured fingertip to fingertip, equals height. It was disproved because not one persons arm span measured exactly to height.

Error Analysis: The data could have collected the following errors. Since we were measuring with