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NCTM Activities for Land Cover

Protocol

Math Activity for Protocol Test

 

elementary

middle school

high school

field study

Name the shape formed by your 90m x 90m study site.

NCTM Standard: geometry 1.1, 1.2


Name the shapes formed when you draw a line from one corner of your 90m x 90m study site to the opposite corner.

NCTM Standard: geometry 1.1 through 1.3


Describe two or more ways to create similar shapes within your 90m x 90m study site.

NCTM Standard: geometry 1.1 through 1.4

Describe two or more ways to create mathematically similar shapes within your 90m x 90m study site. Describe the mathematical similarities. Are these areas geographically or biologically similar? Why or why not?

NCTM Standard: geometry 1.1 through 1.3

Use the Pythagorean Theorem - (a2 + b2 = c2) to calculate the length of the diagonal of a 90m x 90m site.

NCTM Standard: geometry 1.4

 


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