Fastest, tallest, grossest!

Since 1955, the Guinness Book of World Records has been intriguing, astounding, fascinating and grossing out people all over the world.   The Guinness World Records team documents the records for all kinds of amazing and weird things including the dog with the longest tongue, the person with the longest fingernails and the world’s most expensive hamburger.   The hamburger costs $5000 by the way…. Check it out here.

You can see even more amazing records online at:
www.guinnessworldrecords.com

Or head to the library and get your hands on a copy of their annual book.   The latest books even feature augmented reality.

Enough about records, lets check out the investigation…

In this investigation, your class will create an Interactive Guiness Book of World Records Museum that members of your school community can visit.

Your task will be to design an exhibit that will form part of this museum.    Each exhibit should contain:

– information about the record
– a collection of models that help people visualise the record. These models must be of actual size or should be drawn to scale.
– a multimedia presentation that can be shared on a computer or mobile device in your exhibit.

Your teacher is the appointed curator of the museum.   You will need to meet with him/her at different stages of your planning to ensure your exhibit meets the needs of the museum.