Poles, Parking Lots, and Mount Piton: Classroom Activities that Combine Astronomy, History, and Mathematics

Authors :: Madden, Sean P.
Comstock, Jocelyn M.
Downing, James P.
Source :: Mathematics Teacher. Sep 2006 100(2):94-99.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: This article describes how a series of lessons might be used to allow students to discover the size of the Earth, the distance to the Moon, the size of the Moon, and the altitude of Mount Piton on the Moon. Measurement with a sextant, principles of geometry and trigonometry, and historically important scientists and mathematicians are discussed.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0025-5769
Volume :: 100
Issue :: 2
Database :: ERIC
Journal :: Mathematics Teacher
Publication Type :: Electronic Resource
Accession number :: EJ756683
Document Type :: Guides - Classroom - Teacher<br />Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive

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