A story for Trigonometry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKzG79JO334
Video, YouTube
A story that I use with my Year 10s each year about using Trigonometry "in the field". I used to work in telecommunications, and used trigonometry to calculate the height of trees.
2 February 2013 Edit: 9 November 2017
- Topics:
- Measurement, Trigonometry
- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
- Measurement and Geometry, MA5.1-10MG Right-Angled Triangles (Trigonometry), MA5.2-13MG Right-Angled Triangles (Trigonometry)
- NSW Curriculum New
- Measurement and space, Pythagoras and trigonometry, MA5-TRG-C-01 Trigonometry A, MA5-TRG-C-02 Trigonometry B
- NSW Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Syllabus
- Measurement, MS-M3 Right-angled Triangles
Submit a correction to this link | Help align this link to The Australian Curriculum
Comments
How have you used this link in your classroom? Share your teaching ideas or leave a review about this link.
Sign in to leave a comment.
There are no comments for this link.