National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Measuring Distances Triangulation
Lesson plan which details how to have students determine the distance to an object by sighting it from two different locations and knowing the distance between these locations. As an advanced alternative, trigonometry can be used to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Navigating by the Numbers
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...