Sine is a height. Let’s see why.

Join Zon for a ride around the unit circle. Connect an angle to a vertical position—and discover why sin 90° and sin 270° tell such different stories.

In this lesson, height means signed vertical position relative to the wheel’s centre. On the unit circle, the radius is 1. Make a prediction, watch the story, explore the interactive, and try questions with hints.

A curious passenger explores sine and the unit circle

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