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Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Duel Vectors Lesson PlanSwim the Open Sea: Analyzing Duel Vectors Lesson Plan
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Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Duel Vectors

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This dual vector lesson has the class watch a video about a person's swim of the English Channel. The class then uses a computer program to analyze dual vectors of wind's effect on a flight path of a plane as compared to the water currents effect on the person's swim.

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Concepts

magnitude, velocity, addition, multiplication, scalar numbers, numbers, subtraction

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dual vectors, resultant vector, add, multiply, scalar, subtract, direction, magnitude, real-world, velocity, math
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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Common Core

RI.11-12.3 HSN-VM.B.4.a HSN-VM.B.5.a

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