About this Place Of Interest

Wat Mahathat which means ‘Monastery of the Great Relic’ is a historical Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya. It was built in 736 AC, with the main prang measured at a height of 46 meters. As the years progressed, the structures of the main prang collapsed one by one. The ruins of the temple are also an impact from the war that took place in Ayutthaya hundreds years ago. This temple has been registered as a national historic site by the Fine Arts Department and is part of the Ayutthaya World Heritage Historical Park.

About this Learning Experience

In this Learning Experience, you will learn about the use and importance of angles in constructing perpendicularly straight structures. This Learning Experience is suitable for students from Secondary Grade 4 onward or any student who has learned about angles and trigonometry in their syllabus.

Syllabus Content

• Geometry:
• Fundamental properties of angles.
• Calculate interior and exterior angles of regular polygons.
• Use Pythagoras Theorem to solve problems.

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