Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G C Orbiting Satellite

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A satellite is orbiting the Earth at a given height and students are asked to find the distance it travels to complete 70 percent of an orbit. This task provides a context for connecting an angle in radians to the arc length intercepted...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G C, G Srt Setting Up Sprinklers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, young scholars must decide where to place sprinklers on a lawn so that the maximum area of the lawn will be watered. To solve it, they must find areas of sectors of circles and use trigonometric ratios to solve right...