Measuring the Berlin TV Tower with a ruler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yadjZTBDSR4
Publisher, Matt Parker (Standup Maths), Video, YouTube
Matt Parker trys to calculate how tall the Berlin TV Tower is using a ruler.
Could you try a similar experiment using a tall object at school?
6 February 2017 Edit: 3 February 2017
- Topics:
- Space and Geometry, Similarity, Similar Triangles
- Content Type:
- Publisher, Matt Parker (Standup Maths), Video, YouTube
- The Australian Curriculum
- Measurement and Geometry, Geometric reasoning, ACMMG220 Year 9 Use the enlargement transformation to explain similarity and develop the conditions , ACMMG221 Year 9 Solve problems using ratio and scale factors in similar figures
- The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 New
- Year 9, Measurement Year 9, AC9M9M03 solve spatial problems, applying angle properties, scale, similarity, Pythagoras’ theorem a
- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
- Measurement and Geometry, MA5.1-11MG Properties of Geometrical Figures
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