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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Parallel lines seem so right for each other. It's too bad they'll never, ever meet. Learners use tracing paper to discover relationships among angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal. They apply this information to find...
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Virginia Department of Education

Lines and Angles

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Explore angle relationships associated with transversals. Pupils construct parallel lines with a transversal and find the measures of the angles formed. They figure out how the different angles are related before constructing...
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Curated OER

Angles, Lines, and Transversals

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Geometers identify and determine angle pair relationships when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. They review the concepts of angles by watching streaming video clips online, read definitions of lines and angles from...
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EngageNY

Looking More Carefully at Parallel Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can you prove it? Making assumptions in geometry is commonplace. This resource requires mathematicians to prove the parallel line postulate through constructions. Learners construct parallel lines with a 180-degree rotation and then...
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Curated OER

Parallelism in Our Everyday World: Parallel Lines and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students broaden their outlook on geometry in their everyday environment. They explore the properties of parallel lines and parallelograms and discover ways to prove the existence of parallel lines and discuss the concept of parallel lines.
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Curated OER

Using Technology To Teach Parallel Lines With Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the relationships between angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal when lines are and are not parallel. They define key vocabulary terms, then using a camera take pictures at their school of parallel lines...
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Curated OER

Angles Formed By Parallel Lines

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Young scholars explore the concept of angles formed by parallel lines.They graph two parallel lines cut by a transversal, then measure the angles formed by the transversal and record the data in a table. Learners make conjectures about...
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Willow Tree

Angles Formed by Transversals of Coplanar Lines

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Create a strong understanding of the relationships formed when parallel lines intersect a transversal. Discuss each type of angle pair and their relationship to each other. 
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EngageNY

Unknown Angle Proofs—Proofs of Known Facts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lead the class in a Greek history activity with a geometric twist. Pupils relate a short video about geometric properties to modern-day methods of solving for unknown angles. They discuss parallel line theorems and complete practice...
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Curated OER

Creating Parallel Lines and Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have your class create parallel lines. Students will learn how to identify the different angles created by a parallel line cut by a transversal. Then, they identify and name similar and different angles.
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Curated OER

Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore parallel and perpendicular lines.  In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders investigate the relationships associated with parallel lines and transversals, perpendicular lines, and the angles formed by...
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Curated OER

Determining Angle Measure with Parallel Lines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe and solve examples of corresponding angle postulates, alternate interior angle theorems, and exterior and consecutive angles. They complete the Determining Angle Measure With Parallel Lines worksheet.
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Curated OER

Constructing Parallel Lines

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students construct parallel lines using a protractor and a straightedge. In this geometry lesson, students identify the properties of parallel lines. They use Cabri to graph and observe the lines.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Joining Two Midpoints of Sides of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Without ever using the actual term, this exercise has the learner develop the key properties of the midsegment of a triangle. This task leads the class to discover a proof of similar triangles using the properties of parallel lines cut...
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Curated OER

Points, Lines, Planes, and Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this points, lines, planes, and space worksheet, young scholars solve word problems dealing with points, lines, planes, and space. Students complete 20 individual problems and 20 group problems.
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EngageNY

How Do Dilations Map Angles?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The key to understanding is making connections. Scholars explore angle dilations using properties of parallel lines. At completion, pupils prove that angles of a dilation preserve their original measure. 
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Curated OER

Angle Relationships

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the angle relationships that exist when two lines intersect. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders estimate the measure of given angles and use their graphing calculator tools. Students use this knowledge to find...
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EngageNY

Unknown Angle Proofs—Proofs with Constructions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Provide your emerging mathematicians with the tools to learn as they incorporate auxiliary lines to solve unknown angle proofs in this continuing segment. They decipher information from a diagram to uncover the missing pieces and...
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EngageNY

Similarity and the Angle Bisector Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Identifying and verifying reproducible patterns in mathematics is an essential skill. Mathematicians identify the relationship of sides when an angle is bisected in a triangle. Once the pupils determine the relationship, they prove it to...
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EngageNY

Making Scale Drawings Using the Parallel Method

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How many ways can you create a dilation? Many! Individuals strengthen their understanding of dilations by using various methods to create them. The new technique builds on pupils' understanding of the ratio method. Using the ratio,...
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Curated OER

Angles and Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of angles and transversals. They construct parallel and non-parallel lines cut by a transversal using Cabri Jr. Learners then determine which angles are congruent and the relationship of angles when two lines...
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Curated OER

Alternate Interior Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Label angles of parallel lines to analyze the angles created by a transversal and two parallel lines. They graph their lines and observe the similarity and difference in the angles.
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Curated OER

Special Angles on Parallel Lines

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate parallel lines and their special angles cut by a transversal. In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders identify and find corresponding, alternate interior, and alternate exterior angles formed when...
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Curated OER

Making Parallel Lines

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students differentiate between parallel and perpendicular lines. In this geometry lesson plan, students make conjectures and apply it to solve real life situations. They collect data and make predictions based on the data.

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