{"id":947,"date":"2017-09-23T19:29:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T23:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/?page_id=947"},"modified":"2017-09-26T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T18:08:15","slug":"mathematics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/a-map-a-day\/mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes! GIS can be used in the teaching and learning of Mathematics. 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Linear equations<\/a><br \/>\nMeasure the distance between two rain gauges to estimate how much precipitation an interveining town receivesd by deriving a linear function.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/414938a6d8b445c992cf2875de770d50\/data\">Rates of population change<\/a><br \/>\nInvestigate rates of population growth and decline with US Census data.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/04624073da0945d08683d73645b7d149\/data\">Distance and midpoint<\/a><br \/>\nSite a water tower shared by two towns at the midpoint and determine the costs involvedd using the Pythagorean theorem.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/5ff93f5a0fe74cb5949297bdd2bc24ec\/data\">Coordinate plane<\/a><br \/>\nPoints on the surface of the earth can be plotted using a coordinate system made from lines of longitude and latitude.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/e8010776a4ef492e88056be4fa34c1e3\/data\">Euclidean vs Non-Euclidean<\/a><br \/>\nExplore flat geometry (Euclidean) that is based on figures on a plane versus spherical geometry (non-Euclidean) that is based on figures on a curved surface.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/2d4302b4bb144ae1886f53af8091e44b\/data\">Area &amp; perimeter at the mall<\/a><br \/>\nUse an aerial photograph to determine the perimeter and area of the mall; consider other shape permutations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/2da7561e80d54122a3b67e00798e0769\/data\">Measuring crop circles<\/a><br \/>\nUse remotely sensed data to estimate and measure the area of (center-pivot irrigated) crop circles.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/7f76f650583943a2a0c10d06f9bca26a\/data\">Areas of complex figures<\/a><br \/>\nFind the area of a complex figure by dividing it into simpler shapes, such as rectangles, squares,triangles, and trapezoids.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/57831cae4cbb4b16a6d7ed2ef9e62a0f\/data\">Similar triangles<\/a><br \/>\nBy creating similar triangles, it is possible to find the distance across a river using indirect measurements.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/e05f4b79ce5047b5b802ff8ba504bf85\/data\">Perpendicular bisectors<\/a><br \/>\nStarting with the location of all Life Flight hospitals in a state, use perpendicular bisectors to draw boundaries between Life Flight regions, which will inform first responders.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/38f6852b8fbf4a2fb94849cba281db27\/data\">Centers of Triangles<\/a><br \/>\nFind the circumcenter of a triangle, which is the point where perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle intersect and its equidistant to each vertex.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/f3c8b1f45fbd486ca8d78be88a7fd5f7\/data\">Volume and pyramids<\/a><br \/>\nUse an aerial photograph to determine the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/education.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=39505ed571d646c8b66ecccadbc386e4#overview\">Link to ESRI GeoInquiry\u2122 page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes! 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