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Teach Engineering: Trig River

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Students learn about and use a right triangle to determine the width of a "pretend" river. Working in teams, they estimate of the width of the river, measure it and compare their results with classmates.

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Concepts
distance, engineering, measurement, right triangles, stem
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Additional Tags
environmental engineering, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, trigonometry, applications
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)