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Alex: Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Dual Vectors Lesson PlanAlex: Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Dual Vectors Lesson Plan
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Alabama Learning Exchange
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9th - 10th
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Science
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1080L
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Alex: Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Dual Vectors

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Students will explore the accomplishment and societal repercussions of Gertrude Ederle being the first woman to swim the English Channel. They will also model vectors representing the currents she had to face to accomplish these goals.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.

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vectors

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dual vectors, alex, alabama learning exchange, gertrude ederle, girls engaged in math and science, gems project, http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=43, swim english channel, wind and water currents, vector applications

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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