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Snake measuring program?

Hypancistrus

Hypancistrus

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Anyone got a link to the one where you upload a photo with the snake next to a ruler and it gives you a length? I want to share that with my physical science students... our first lesson is on measurements, and we're going to be basing it around snakes-- they're long, skinny, and they won't hold still for ruler use! How WILL we measure them all? ;)
 
Thanks!!

I am going to have them all try to measure rubber snakes with whatever materials they can find in the classroom (I will conveniently place some string in an accessible area) along with some other objects, and then I am going to let a few come up to actually try string on a real snake. Finally I'll show them the calculator, with a photo of the snake and it's actual length. *snickers* Just to bug them....
 
Gotta love the sometimes sick and twisted ways a teacher thinks! LMAO



***Note this is coming from the husband of a teacher.***
 
should take in a clear tube too. show them how you can measure a snake by letting them slide in and trapping them in and getting a rough estimate. see if any of them will pick up on trying to use it. a bit more useful than string in some cases.
 
Hypancistrus said:
Anyone got a link to the one where you upload a photo with the snake next to a ruler and it gives you a length? I want to share that with my physical science students... our first lesson is on measurements, and we're going to be basing it around snakes-- they're long, skinny, and they won't hold still for ruler use! How WILL we measure them all? ;)
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You set the snake on the floor...well,

actually, first, you find a hard non-carpeted floor, and move all furnishings well away from it.

next, you set the snake on the floor next to the wall.

the snake will move towards the wall, where it makes contact with the floor, so as much of the snakes body surface is in contact with both surfaces,
which the snake will then use for traction; to propel itself.

When it is stretched out along the wall, use an eraseable pencil to mark where the head and the tail are. Make the marks on the wall or floor.
Then get your measuring wand.

;D
 
You young whipper-snappers shoulda been around In The Days Before Computers! (Did that sound curmudgeonly enough?)

My roommate was doing research on the copperheads in southeast Texas back in the late 70's (early 80's? it's all a blur...) and we also did research on apparent venom efficacy for ten or so species of snakes. This is in addition to our collection of bull snakes, corn snakes, rat snakes, boas, kings, etc. etc. etc.

We measured them by putting them on a fluffy comforter on one of the beds, then pinning them with a big sheet of plexiglas. We'd trace the length of the snake with a grease pencil (white boards hadn't been invented yet), put the snake away, lay out a string on the grease pencil trace, then measure the string. It was pretty exciting with our 5'-5" western diamondback (Crotalus atrox), but for most of them it was very straightforward and effective.
 
And yes, I use and love SnakeMeasurer from serpwidgets.com. I've checked it a couple of times, and it's danged accurate.
 
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