Does the Golden ratio exist in face measurements?
Project #204 on iSENSEProject.org
Description
OVERVIEW
Ninth grade students took face measurements to learn about ratios. Which ratio comes closest to the golden ratio:
- golden ratio = 1.61803399 (decimal estimation)
-
, which is 
(the Greek letter phi), where 
is approximately 1.618.
PROCEDURE
Students collect face measurement data in stations so that the same students take the measurements of the same parts of the face to attempt for higher reproducibilit
Fields
| Name | Units | Type of Data |
|---|---|---|
|
1 length of face y
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
2 width of face x
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
3 Top of the forehead to between the eyes a
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
4 Between the eyes to the bottom of the nose b
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
5 Bottom of the nose to bottom of the chin c
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
6 Distance between center of pupils p
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
7 Length of ear e
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
8 Length of nose n
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
9 Width of the eye w
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
11 Distance to inside corners of eyes i
|
inches
|
Number
|
|
12 Distance to outside corners of the eyes o
|
inches
|
Number
|
Our Data
Name(s): ______________________________________
Date: _________________________________________
| 1 length of face y | 2 width of face x | 3 Top of the forehead to between the eyes a | 4 Between the eyes to the bottom of the nose b | 5 Bottom of the nose to bottom of the chin c | 6 Distance between center of pupils p | 7 Length of ear e | 8 Length of nose n | 9 Width of the eye w | 11 Distance to inside corners of eyes i | 12 Distance to outside corners of the eyes o |