SCMP
January 2011
If you flicked your tongue
like a chameleon,
how far could you
reach with your tongue?
If you hopped like a
frog, how far could you
travel in one leap?
If you ate like a shrew,
how much could you
devour in a day?
If you craned your neck
like a crane,
how far above your
shoulders would the top
of your head be?
If you were as strong
as an ant, how much
could you lift?
If you had the brain of a
brachiosaurus,
how big would it be?
Adapted from an article in the December 2005 edition of the CMC ComMuniCator
By Patty Montgomery, Ditmar Elementary School, Oceanside USDP
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If you grew as much in the
first nine months after
birth as in the nine months
before birth,
how tall would you be at
nine months old?
If you grew as much in the
first nine months after
birth as in the nine months
before birth, how much
would you weigh when you
were nine months old?
If you high-jumped like
a flea, how high could
you leap?
If you dined like a
pelican, what size malt
would you order at
Big Al’s?
A human stomach can hold 32 ounces of water.
If you could swallow
like a snake,
how wide of an object
could you swallow?
Adapted from an article in the December 2005 edition of the CMC ComMuniCator
By Patty Montgomery, Ditmar Elementary School, Oceanside USDP
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A 3-inch frog can
Hop 60 inches.
A 1-foot chameleon
may have a
6-inch tongue.
A 4-foot tall crane
has a 16-inch neck.
A shrew weighing 1/5
of an ounce eats 3/5
of an ounce per day.
A brachiosaurus weighed
about 80,000 kilograms,
and its brain weighed
about 200 grams.
An ant weighing 1/250
of an ounce can lift a
bread crumb weighing
1/5 of an ounce.
1 kg is approximately 2.2 lbs
Adapted from an article in the December 2005 edition of the CMC ComMuniCator
By Patty Montgomery, Ditmar Elementary School, Oceanside USDP
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A fertilized human egg
weighs less than 35 billionths
of an ounce.
A fertilized human egg
is about 0.004 inches
in diameter.
The sac on a pelican’s mouth
holds 3 gallons of water,
but its stomach holds only
1 gallon.
A flea that is 3 mm tall
can spring over 200 mm
into the air.
A snake with a head
2.5 cm wide can swallow
a whole gopher
measuring
5.3 cm across.
Adapted from an article in the December 2005 edition of the CMC ComMuniCator
By Patty Montgomery, Ditmar Elementary School, Oceanside USDP
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Hopped Like a Frog
Recording Sheet
Problem
Your Work
Answer
Adapted from an article in the December 2005 edition of the CMC ComMuniCator
By Patty Montgomery, Ditmar Elementary School, Oceanside USDP
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Adapted from an article in the December 2005 edition of the CMC ComMuniCator
By Patty Montgomery, Ditmar Elementary School, Oceanside USDP
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