math

=Resources for Math=

[|Mathways] Basic math, pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus
[|Illuminations] NCTM Resources for Teaching Math [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] Utah State University [|NCTM Electronic Examples of Math] [|Interactive Mathematics]

http://www.hippocampus.org/
http://www.phschool.com/math/ Prentice Hall Algebra II site

====  [|http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html] using Google Earth==== Use Google Earth to figure these out

37°34'51.22"N, 108°48'4.59"W - circular fields in the midwest. Use the tools to find the area. The "pac-man" shaped piece - What's the area? How did you find it? Crop yield per acre of corn is 130 bushels... what's the yield for the area?

24°10'3.12"N, 23°27'43.80"E - more circular fields in Libya. A famous oasis.

Washington monument in D.C. - trig, pythagorean theorem. Find the shadow length, know the height, find the angle/hypotenuse - when was the photo taken?