reSolve: Mathematical modelling – cornering
This unit is about the way in which long vehicles, such as buses, turn corners. Students start with paper scale models, experiment with a bike, then use pre-made dynamic geometry programs that highlight the geometric features of cornering, considering the vehicles’ width and front and back overhangs. They prepare a road safety presentation and a report to council about road design.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8 Year 9
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry Angles and geometric reasoning
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P7) Understanding units of measurement (P10) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Proportional thinking (P7)
- Publisher
- reSolve Maths by Inquiry
- Copyright
- © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- circle angle
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