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Elms Environmental Education Center: How to Use a Clinometer
Offers instructions in how to use a clinometer, an instrument used by foresters for measuring angles in order to determine the height of a tree. The mathematics behind a clinometer is also explained.
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Instructables: Using a Clinometer to Measure Height
Explains step by step, supported by pictures, how to use a clinometer to measure the height of a tall object.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ilion High: Build a Clinometer
Instructions for building a clinometer are given on this page. Clinometers can be used to measure the angle of elevation of a right triangle, and in turn find the height of large objects.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Handheld Trigonometry
In addition to understanding the concept of similar right triangles and how they apply to trigonometric ratios, students explore a clinometer app, and discover how it can be used to test the mathematics underpinning trigonometry.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Clock Tower
This project resulted from the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher (pre-engineering), Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Activity Forestry
Forest industry professionals make measurements in their work using tools including the Clinometer and the Biltmore Stick. These tools are based on the concepts of similar triangles and trigonometric ratios in a right triangle. This...