Curated OER
PLANETS IN PROPORTION
Students discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the sun. They find equatorial circumference and volumes of their solar bodies. Students apply estimation strategies and proportioanl reasoning to...
Curated OER
Peak Performance
Students design and build a car that is capable of traveling across the floor quickly, and also up a steep ramp.
Curated OER
Launches for the Stars
Students are introduced to rockets and the space shuttle program. After viewing a 1960s show, they examine the role and history of NASA and how it evolved into having a space shuttle program. In groups, they create their own model rocket...
Curated OER
Gazebo Construction
Learners create and give oral proposals for the construction of a gazebo using a blueprint created with Geometer's Sketchpad. They then build a gazebo model using the blueprints created and provide evidence why it should be selected for...
Curated OER
DOWNHILL DISCOVERIES
Students studykinetic energy, friction, drag and acceleration by relating it to the Winter Olympics. In this physical properties lesson plan students create tracks and determine how the course conditions affect bobsled, luge...
Curated OER
Discovering Friction
Middle schoolers watch a demonstration that introduces them to the idea that friction is a force that impedes motion when two surfaces are in contact. They work in groups to experiment with frictional force using a coffee cup on which...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Using Angle Measures
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of using angle measures. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Finding Angle Measures Using Triangles
Use your knowledge of angles to find missing angle measures in various complex situations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Finding Angle Measures Between Intersecting Lines
Practice finding angle measures between intersecting lines.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Create Equations to Solve for Missing Angles
Use understanding of vertical, complementary, and supplementary angles to set up an appropriate equation to solve for a missing angle measure. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Finding Angle Measures Between Intersecting Lines
Use your knowledge about angles to find missing angle measures in various situations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Angles Within a Triangle
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at angles of a triangle in the context of building bikes and choosing bike sizes. The accompanying interactive component lets students explore build different sized triangles while...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trig Ratios
Investigate the cosine, sine, and tangent ratios of trigonometry using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will use these ratios to determine a right triangle's unknown side or angle. Be sure to follow the link to the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Complementary and Supplementary Angles (No Visual)
Use complementary and supplementary angles to solve for a missing angle measure. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Vertical Angles
Use your knowledge about vertical angles to find missing angle measures. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quadrilateral Angles
Find missing angle measures in quadrilaterals. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: What's My Angle?
Do people with big hands have larger angles between their fingers? See if you can find the answer this question when you try this math challenge on estimating and measuring angles. Discover how understanding angles and geometric shapes...
Math.com
Math.com: Building Blocks: Classifying Angles
This geometry resource investigates types of angles. Definitions, detailed examples, and practice problems are included.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Geometry: Circles: Inscribed Angles
Study inscribed angles in semicircles and quarter-circles. What conjectures can you make about the measure of an inscribed angle in semi- or quarter-circles?
Quia
Ixl Learning: Adjacent Angles
Brush up on your math skills relating to adjacent angles then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Triangles
This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to practice drawing and measuring triangles and angles. It also shows pictures and gives definitions of each type of angle and triangle.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Games Estimating Angles
Use this game to improve your ability to create an angle with a specific number of degrees. You can set the angles to the size you want on this game. Just follow the instructions below it!