Worksheet #1 : Project Output in Trigonometry (Outdoor Activity)

Section: MEB-14
Group Members : Guillermo, Janina Suzette
Abarintos, Ervylle
Encabo, Angelie
Chosen Object of Study
Object #1 : Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo (AEA)
Exact Location : Museo Complex
Historical Background of the chosen object :
DLSU-D's library. It houses collections of books, periodicals, theses, and other reference
materials. It was modeled from Aguinaldo's residential house at Kawit, Cavite. The first building was a
scaled-down model, and featured only the facade. Recent developments gave way for the new building,
which exactly modeled from the Aguinaldo shrine, with the tower. The new building houses most of the
collections and archives, and has discussion rooms, as well as the Executive Vice President's office
(which will remain until the new Administration building is finished). The old building houses the Electronic
Resource Services (the Internet nook), the Educational Media Services (which holds such media as
videos, slides, presentations, and the like), as well as four viewing and conference rooms

Object #2 : Statue of St. John Baptist De La Salle

Exact Location : Rotonda (Gate 1)

Historical Background of the chosen object :

The statue of St. John Baptist De La Salle stands tall and represents the Patron saint of teachers.
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle or John Baptist de La Salle (30 April 1651 7 April 1719) was a French
priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Saint
John Baptist De La Salle is an example of person that dedicated his life for the sake of the Institution and
for the love of children. The statue of St. John Baptist De La Salle is built in the rotonda in honor of his
marvelous deeds and for establishing De La Salle Schools.

Object #3 : Palm Tree

Exact Location : Food Square
Historical Background of the chosen object :
Most palms grow in the tropics. They are abundant throughout the tropics, and thrive in almost
every habitat therein. Their diversity is highest in wet, lowland tropical forests, especially in ecological
"hotspots" such as Madagascar, which has more endemic palms than all of Africa. Human use of palms is
as old or older than human civilization itself, starting with the cultivation of the date palm
by Mesopotamians and other Middle Eastern peoples 5000 years or more ago. Date wood, pits for storing
dates, and other remains of the date palm have been found in Mesopotamian sites

Worksheet #2 : Project Output in Trigonometry (Outdoor Activity)

Measuring Angle of Elevation
Section: MEB-14
Object of Study : PALM TREE
Group Members : Guillermo, Janina Suzette Location : Food Square
Abarintos, Ervylle
Date of Observation : December 10,
Encabo, Angelie
2013
Time of Observation : 4pm

100

120
SOLUTION:

Solving for (Angle of elevation)

100 in. opposite side

(Given)
120 Adjacent side
Height of tree = 100 inches
Shadow cast by the tree = 120 inches
Tan = 100 / 120
Tan -1 = 100 / 120
= 39. 810
CONCLUSION:

Shadows casting of diff. objects depend on the intensity of light, direction of

light and the height of the object. The point where the man stands is the
approximation of the shadow casted by the palm tree. And to measure its
angular elevation, we now use the tangent to solve for the angle because
the opposite side is given through the height of the tree and the shadow
created by the tree is referred as the adjacent side. ( tan = opp / adj )