Thanks, Adrian! Jim
Adrian Jadic wrote: > > Yes, I think that BMI may be fun. I will ask my wife about some charts and if I get >them in time I will send them to you. > To calculate BMI you could have a chart made in Excel with masses from 60 kg to 100 >kg for ex. and heights from 1.50 m to 2 m. If you make 2 cm and 2 kg steps on the >chart you would only get a 20/25 chart which could easily fit on a letter size sheet >(landscape). You could explain how BMI is calculated and then just have them read >from the chart. > > Just while brainstorming, something else came to my mind. Traffic signs. Europe and >many other countries use what I think is an international standard of traffic signs >which are language independent. Unless you have received proper traning some of them >may not come so easy to US drivers. > > This has nothing to do with your SI subject at the fair but it does go with the >intentions of the fair and with international standards. If you think it's worth to >have some handouts with international traffic signs let me know and I'll do some more >research. > > Adrian .... -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
