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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Topos, Compasses, and Triangles, Oh My!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn how to actually triangulate using a compass, topographical (topo) map and view of outside landmarks. It is best if a field trip to another location away from school is selected. The location should...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Find It!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity students will learn the basic concept of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) using triangulation and measurement on a small scale in the classroom. Students discover how GPS and navigation integrate mathematic and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Where Am I: Navigation and Satellites

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How do we know where we are? In this lesson, students explore the concept of triangulation that is used in navigation satellites and global positioning systems designed by engineers. Also, students learn how these technologies can help...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rockets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This unit teaches students how and why engineers design satellites to benefit life on Earth as well as allows students an opportunity to explore motion, rockets and rocket motion. Students discover that the motion of all objects...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Earthquake on the Playground

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students go outside and create a simulation of P and S waves traveling across a 30-meter span. This is repeated using a 30-meter square. They experiment with P and S wave behavior, record results, and use...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Regular Polygon Centroids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students different ways to find centroids of regular polygons. The traditional way (using medians) is presented, as well as the triangulation method, the diagonals method,...
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iCivics

I Civics: Mini Lesson: Veto Power

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explores the presidential veto and pocket veto powers, their role as a negotiating tool, and the Congressional veto override process. Young scholars also learn how to use fact-checking and triangulation to evaluate news claims and detect...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Earthquakes Living Lab: P Waves, S Waves and More

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn what causes earthquakes, how we measure and locate them, and their effects and consequences.
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NASA

Nasa: What Is Trigometry Good For?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA is for anyone who has ever asked "Why do I need to know this," this is a must read for you. It documents historical uses of trigonometry.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Navigating by the Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will learn that math is important in navigation and engineering. Ancient land and sea navigators started with the most basic of navigation equations (Speed x Time = Distance). Today, navigational satellites...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Navigating at the Speed of Satellites

For Teachers 6th - 9th
For thousands of years, navigators have looked to the sky for direction. Today, celestial navigation has simply switched from using natural objects to human-created satellites. A constellation of satellites, called the Global Positioning...
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Curated OER

Ny Times: Locating Meteorites Lesson Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students explore how locations around a meteorite provide information about the meteorite?s orbit. They then learn about triangulation techniques, create imaginary cities in which meteorites are ensconced, and provide...
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Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Global Positioning Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
The physics associated with global positioning satellites is discussed. The mechanism by which they triangulate the location of an object is described.
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Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Global Positioning Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
The physics associated with global positioning satellites is discussed. The mechanism by which they triangulate the location of an object is described.
Graphic
Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Global Positioning Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
The physics associated with global positioning satellites is discussed. The mechanism by which they triangulate the location of an object is described.
Graphic
Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Global Positioning Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
The physics associated with global positioning satellites is discussed. The mechanism by which they triangulate the location of an object is described.
Graphic
Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Global Positioning Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
The physics associated with global positioning satellites is discussed. The mechanism by which they triangulate the location of an object is described.
Graphic
Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Global Positioning Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
The physics associated with global positioning satellites is discussed. The mechanism by which they triangulate the location of an object is described.

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