What's the Angle?

As a former Math teacher, I often had to listen to, "When will I ever use this in real life?!"

I worked hard to bring folks in to the class to show how they used Math in their jobs.

I had a lighting engineer who showed us how to calculate how many watts...

or whatever...

we would need per square foot to meet code.

I had a hunting preserve manager who had the students compute the average 

number of deer in a specified area based on sightings.

I had a Realtor come in to explain how his fees were calculated based on sale prices.

I don't know if the kids enjoyed it, but I certainly did!

When the crane operator came to help set our trusses 

I was excited to see an example of "math" in real life!

Look at this!

It's geometry in real life! 

Here's a protractor in real life!

Angles are important!

And speaking of angles....

The shadows and angles intrigued me.