In this activity, students will learn that math is important in navigation and engineering. Ancient land and sea navigators started with the most basic of navigation equations (Speed x Time = Distance). Today, navigational satellites use equations that take into account the relative effects of space and time. However, even these high-tech wonders cannot be built without pure and simple math concepts - basic geometry and trigonometry - that have been used for thousands of years. In this activity, these basic concepts are discussed and illustrated in the associated activities.

Concepts

engineering, navigation, surveying, triangulation, stem

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Additional Tags

navigational satellites, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering

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Classroom Considerations

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