Outstretch your arm and hold the pencil so that you can measure the height of the tree on the pencil with your thumb. Then turn the pencil at the base of the tree by 90 degrees.

How can a person measure height accurately at home? Continue reading to discover how a person can accurately measure height alone or with help.

If you're unsure of how tall you are, it's easy to measure your own height at home with a few basic tools, with or without someone to help you. Find out how to do it accurately.

Physicists like to share the legend of a professor who asked students how they might determine the height of a building using a barometer. The story goes on to list some of the ways you might do that.

Students devise clever ways to measure height of building using a barometer.