Vector Unit

You have done a great job exploring vectors!   The golf courses were awesome.

This week, I need you to accomplish the following:

1.  Use the Open Office clone of Powerpoint to make a scaled drawing of one of the holes from the course to see how Microsoft handles vectors   Each one must have a compass rose on it.   Save these to the Desktop of the computer.   Ask your teacher to help you, as we digitally find the x and y components and calculate the vector angles.   Then, duplicate the slide, and flip the hole horizontally.   Duplicate the second slide and flip it vertically.   Repeat what you did for the first slide on these other two.   Explain to me in poster format how digital programming uses vectors.

2.  Finish your assignment from Friday and do a net displacement analysis.

3.  Create a web 2.0 product that shows me value of GPS.   This includes how the vectors are calculated.

4.  Explain and show me how Google Maps on a smart phone can be used for GPS.   In particular, I will need to know the GPS location of

• the SE corner of the High School Auditorium, 
• the mailbox on New Street, 
• the home dugout on the softball field, 
• the SW gate of Brown field
• the bell on New Street
• landmark of your choosing
• landmark of your choosing
• landmark of your choosing

   Your efforts may be a tutorial, a video, or a series of technical instructions.  You will write a reflection this next week.