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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.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 10
- Purpose
- Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M10M03
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P7) Understanding units of measurement (P10)
- Publisher
- reSolve Maths by Inquiry
- Copyright
- © Australian Government Department of Education,Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Keywords
- angle length tangent ratio cosine ratio sine ratio
- Other terms
- depression elevation
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