The activity Trace around your foot on a piece a paper and cut out the foot. Write your name on it. Have someone help you mark your height and name on a paper on the wall, and use your foot cutout to measure how tall you are, measuring from the floor to your head mark. Originally, long ago, the foot on a ruler was the length of the king's foot. For older students Preparation Tape a big sheet of paper on the wall so that children can mark their head heights.
Calculators are optional if students can divide decimals by hand.
Need class-size graph paper or transparencies for the bar graph. The activity Trace around your foot on a piece a paper. Measure its length and record the result. Centimeters are more convenient, or inches and tenths of an inch. Have someone help you mark your height and name on a paper on the wall, and measure your height using the same units.