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Tell Time with your Feet

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Author:Susan Addington; Mathematics Dept., Calstate-San Bernardino
Description: "A feet-on math lesson for K-8 students." Find the latitude and longitude of your location and times of sunset and sunrise using a table from the Web; using a shadow table (also on the Web) measure your shadow by pacing it off with your feet and find the time of day. Other classroom extension activities are suggested.
Levels: Middle School (6-8)
Languages: English
Resource Types: Manipulatives, Lesson Plans and Activities
Math Topics: Measurement, Calendars/Dates/Time, Euclidean Plane Geometry, Graphing of Data

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