CK-12 Foundation
Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions: Lighthouse
How far is that boat from the lighthouse? Scholars create diagrams to represent a scenario given the angle of depreciation from a lighthouse to a boat. Learners apply the basic trigonometric functions to find various distances...
Trash For Teaching
The Light-House Project
Groups work together to design a lighthouse, from designing and drawing the wiring diagram, to creating prototypes of the switch and circuit, to envisioning and building a scale model along with a blueprint. By including different...
Curated OER
Worksheet 18 Fall 1995
For each of the equations they find the values of the rational expressions. Then they differentiate each expression in relation to the value of t.
Curated OER
Colonial America
Students discover the history of Colonial America by creating a class presentation. In this U.S. History activity, students utilize the Internet to research one of 20 topics in which they will create a PowerPoint or other type of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg the Lighthouse Problem
For this task, students are asked to calculate the height above sea level of a lamp on top of a lighthouse that is visible to a boat, and to examine two other interpretations of the distance from the lighthouse to the boat. Aligns with...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Guiding Light
The Cape Bonavista Lighthouse in Newfoundland operated from 1843 to 1962. Maintaining a lighthouse was truly a family endeavour as all family members played a role in its functioning. The story of this lighthouse, now a provincial...