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Classroom Triangles
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Lippis, Matt Axelrad, Penny Yowell, Janet Zarske, Malinda Schaefer |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Students use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, they must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their classroom (or other rooms in the school) from a "mystery location." Students use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, they must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their classroom (or other rooms in the school) from a "mystery location." With the extension activity, students are challenged with creating their own maps of the classroom or other school location and comparing them with their classmates' efforts. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Geometry Measurement Triangulation Navigation Bearing Direction |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Geometry Structure of the Earth |
