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Altitude Locator
Students use protractors, strings, and straws to construct a device used to determine the height of tall objects. In this applied geometry instructional activity, students use common objects to construct a tangent height guide. They use...
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Anza and Font in Search of Latitude
This is an integrated lesson that incorporates Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics. In Social Studies, 7th graders complete an online interview and complete an online worksheet about latitude of sites on the Anza trail. In Science...
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Pilots, Airplanes, and the Tangent of Three Degrees
High schoolers explore how to use trigonometry in the aviation field. In this aviation lesson plan students complete trigonometry equations that show what planes should do to land their airplanes.