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If You Hopped Like A Frog

by David M. Schwartz

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Pick the following for yourself or someone else:

__________  Height in Inches

__________  Weight in Pounds

__________  Distance from ear to ear

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As we read through the book, you will compare yourself to the creatures presented in the book.  

Using proportions we will figure out what you could do if you had the abilities of each of the creatures in the book.

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Frog:  A 3 inch frog can hop 60 inches.  That means it can jump ______ times its own body length (height for us.)

If you were a frog, how far could you jump?

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Ant:  An ant weighing 1/250 of an ounce can easily lift a bread crumb weighing 1/5 of an ounce.  In other words it lifts ________  its own weight.

If you were as strong as an ant how much weight could you lift?

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Brachiosaurus:  weighed about 80,000 kilograms,but its brain weighed only about 200 grams (.2) kilograms.  Its body was about _____________________ time as heavy as its brain.

If you had the brain of a brachiosaurus how much would your brain weigh?

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Snake:  A western diamondback rattlesnack with a head just 1 inch wide can swallow a whole gopher measuring 2 inches across.  That means a snake is eating something ______ its size.

If you were a snake, what could you swallow?

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Shrew:  A shrew weighs just 1/5 of an ounce, but eats 3/5 of an ounce each day.  That means a shrew eats ______ times its own body weight each day.

If you were a shrew how many pounds of food could you eat each day?

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Flea:  a 3 millimeter flea can jump more than 200 millimeters into the air.  That is almost ______ its own body height.

If you were a flea, how high could you jump?

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Chameleon:  A 1 foot chameleon can have a tongue 6 inches long.  Its tongue is ______ its body length (height.)

If you were a chameleon, how long would your tongue be?

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Crane:  A whooping crane that is 48 inches, has a 16 inch neck.  That means its neck is _______ of its height.

If you were a crane, how long would your neck be?

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Pelican:  The sac that hangs from a pelican's bill holds 3 gallons of water, but its stomach only holds one gallon.    SO the sac can hold ______ as much as the stomach.  

Your stomach holds about a pint.  If you were a pelican, how much liquid could you fit in your mouth? 

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Spider:  A spider can move 33 times the length of its own body in 1 second!

If you were as fast as a spider, how far could you run in 1 second?