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Trigonometric trajectories
Students’ understanding of trigonometric and Pythagorean relationships are reinforced through two engaging real-world contexts. This sequence is for students who are familiar with Pythagoras’ theorem and angles of depression and elevation. There are opportunities for students to independently design and conduct practical experiments by creating models, drawing diagrams, and conducting and refining practical experiments.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Student task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | angle, length, height, tangent, cosine, sine, trigonometry, depression, elevation |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Pythagoras and trigonometry |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10M03
Solve practical problems applying Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry of right-angled triangles, including problems involving direction and angles of elevation and depression |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Understanding units of measurement (P10) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | ReSolve: Maths by Enquiry |
| Copyright | © Australian Government Department of Education,Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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