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GIANTS
STEP 3 :
As you walk the entire distance , imagine you are moving up the
outside of the building . When you get up to the ‘ top ’ look back to see
where your markers are positioned . Do those at the ‘ bottom ’ of the
building look small in the distance ? Can you even see them ?
STEP 4 :
Here ’ s a list of some other giant buildings , rounded to the nearest ten metres . Mark these on your Burj Khalifa line so that you can make some useful comparisons .
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you will need
o Graph paper o Pencils and felt-tip pens o Ruler
World Giant Buildings : Warsaw Radio Mast 650 m CN Tower ( Toronto ) 550 m Petronas Tower ( Kuala Lumpur ) 450 m Empire State Building ( New York ) 380 m Eiffel Tower ( Paris ) 330 m Great Pyramid ( Giza ) 140 m
Britain ’ s Tall Towers : The Shard ( London ) 310 m Deansgate Square South Tower ( Manchester ) 201 m
Mathematically , an activity ty of this kind lends itself to scale drawing so comparisons s can be made easily diagrammatically . Use a straight-line graph , sometimes known as a stick graph , with lines stretching up on squared paper to illustrate your results . You may have good ideas for what scale to use , but one showing 1 cm to every 50 m ( 1 cm : 5000 cm ) fits comfortably on an A4 piece of centimetre squared paper .
BT Tower ( Birmingham ) 193 m
Spire of Salisbury Cathedral 120 m
St . Paul ’ s Cathedral ( London ) 110 m
Elizabeth Tower ( Big Ben , London ) 100 m
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