In this activity, students use the TI InterActive! software to develop a model that determines the time of sunrise and sunset and the number of daylight hours in Melbourne on any day of the year. They also determine how the position on the Earth's surface affects the model equation.

Concepts

trigonometric functions

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Additional Tags

sunrise and sunset, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, precalculus, ti, texas instruments, the light side of trigonometry, trig

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)