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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 5
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Mathematical Lens: Roller Coasters and Railways
Daire, Sandra Arguelles
Mathematics Teacher, v103 n5 p328-332 Dec 2009
This article uses photographs as a springboard for mathematical inquiry to encourage readers to see patterns and relationships that they can think about and extend in a mathematically playful way. Herein, two photographs are presented along with a discussion of the meaning of slopes and their relationship to gradient and pitch. (Contains 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Photography, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Recreational Facilities, Transportation, Computer Uses in Education, Computation
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