In this activity, students will use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, students must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified landmarks in their classroom (or other rooms in the school) from a "mystery location." With the extension activity, students are challenged with creating their own map of the classroom or other school location and comparing it with their classmates' efforts.

Concepts

engineering, navigation, triangulation, stem

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Additional Tags

bearing measurement, direction, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, compass, applications

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)