Activity (Hands-On)Grades 7 - 9
Close Enough? Angles & Accuracy of Measurement in Navigation
Materials List
Each student should have:
- 1 each Accuracy By Hand Worksheet
- pencil
Class will share:
- 3 different colored markers
- 1 piece of string or rope, exactly 10 meters long (use one color to mark the zero point and other colors to mark the 6 and 8 meter points)
- 10-15 small cups to use as markers
- calculators (students may use a Trig Table instead, if calculators are unavailable)
- tape measure or meter stick
- protractors (or copies of Paper Half-Protractor)
- masking tape
