Rob Jacklin's List: Google Earth Links

Students will use Google Earth to obtain satellite images for a variety of ski slopes in the Pacific North West.  Once a ski resort has been selected, students must then find the angle of elevation for two ski runs using right triangles, topographical measurements, an interactive ruler and trig functions.  Students will take a screen shot of the satellite image, type their findings (with pictures attached) on a Word document and use correct arithmetic to solve the angle of elevation.