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Science Buddies: Taking Off on a Tangent ActivityScience Buddies: Taking Off on a Tangent Activity
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Science Buddies
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9th - 10th
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Math
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Science Buddies: Taking Off on a Tangent

Curated by ACT

This is an interesting geometry project that goes back to the time of Archimedes, the famous Greek mathematician. You can combine this mathematical project with computer science and take this ancient problem into the twenty-first century with a dynamic diagram using the geometry applet.

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computer science, archimedes, pure mathematics

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geometry, science fair project, science buddies, science project, arbelos

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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