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Recommended for: Grades 3-5

Resource: Body Matches

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Length: 4m 03s
Size: 11.3 MB

In this video segment from Cyberchase, someone has kidnapped Chewcrocca, a giant cybercrocodile. The CyberSquad must act as crime scene investigators as they search for the kidnapper. In order to generate a profile of the suspect, they use their only clues, a footprint and a handprint, along with the "body match" information they collect by measuring their own bodies.

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Teachers' Domain, Body Matches, published October 8, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.math.measure.sys.bodymatch/

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Frame: If you want to measure your height, but you don’t have a ruler, measuring tape, or any other kind of standard measuring tool, how else could you measure your height? What if you could only use a part of your body as a measuring tool? What part would you use and why?

Focus: In this video segment, you’ll see that the CyberSquad is trying to find body matches. Body matches are found when the length of one part of the body equals the length of another part. In some cases, the length of one body part multiplied by a certain number will equal the length of another body part. Use a paper and pencil to write down the body match relationships that the CyberSquad discovers.