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How high will it go?
In this activity pupils calculate the height of a released balloon using a clinometer and trigonometry. This is one of a series of resources from the IET designed around the theme of the future of flight with the purpose of developing pupils knowledge and skills in design technology, engineering and mathematics.
This activity could be used as a main lesson activity to teach pupils how to use tangents to calculate the dimensions of a triangle and the practical application of trigonometry or be used as part of an introduction to the use of trigonometry within engineering.
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