In this activity students will discuss what constitutes an average sized female and average sized male. Rationale Kids have a task of designing, buying and transporting long underwear to the bottom of the world.
Discussion can be very exciting since extremes are being looked at.
Eventually discussion should be brought back to what constitutes an average. Have the PIs take charge of the research teams, there have to be leaders. PIs should lead a discussion as to why average sizes have to be determined. There will be undoubtedly a discussion of the large, medium and small categories, as opposed to averages. The rationale as to why averages must be found is that no one knows who will be on the expedition and that average costs of materials and masses must be looked at in budgetary and logistic planning.