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Performance
Radford University

Football Tackle Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Tackle a task on the gridiron. Scholars use geometric concepts to determine the distance on a coordinate plane that certain football players need to move for a play. They then design their own plays and create presentations where they...
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Performance
Radford University

Running Laps During Soccer Practice

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Which option involves running less? Given a situation in which players can either run around the school soccer field 20 times or run back and forth along the diagonal 20 times, learners decide which option would be better. They consider...
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Performance
Radford University

A Day at the Beach!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Make math class feel like a day at the beach (minus all the sunburns, of course). Given information about a pail, a soup can, and a plastic pyramid mold, pupils calculate the volume of sand that can fit in each. They then design sand...
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Performance
Radford University

Finding the Largest Possible Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If you want a bigger garden, here's a task for you. Given the perimeter of a triangular garden, scholars determine the largest possible area. They then generalize their findings and extend the idea to other polygons.
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Performance
Radford University

Pirate Attack

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Arr ye matey, it's time for some trig. Learners first read up on the 2010 attack on the USS Nicholas by a group of pirates and the testimony of one of the witnesses. They use right triangle trigonometry to determine if the account is...
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Activity
Under the Dome

Card House

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Mathematics is stronger than a card house. Pupils watch a video of the beginning of the building of a triangular card house. Scholars come up with questions they wonder about from the video and ask for more information to arrive at an...
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 6: Connecting Algebra and Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A geometry module connects algebraic reasoning to geometry. It challenges scholars to investigate the slope criteria for parallel and perpendicular lines, prove theorems involving coordinate geometry, and write equations for circles and...
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Transformations and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Flip, turn, and slide about the coordinate plane. Pupils define the rigid motions and experiment with them before determining the relationships of the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. The sixth unit in a nine-part series...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When Does SSA Work to Determine Triangle Congruence?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Your learners will make good use of the Socratic method in a collaborative task that begins with an assumed solution and ends with deeper understanding of the idea of determining two triangles congruent.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Special Right Triangles and Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Right triangles are so special! Use special right triangles to discover the trigonometric ratios. Pairs construct special right triangles and find the values of the ratios of the sides. In the process, they discover the ratios stay the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra 1: Simplifying Radicals

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
After discussing the difference between rational and irrational numbers, the class pratices simplifying, adding, and subtracting radical expressions. They play a game which involves passing around cards until they have matching hands of...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Downhill

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A car traveling down a steep hill is the model for this resource. The confusion comes when the elevation, E, is given in terms of distance, d. The distance, d, is the horizontal distance from E. Therefore, the equation, E = 7500 – 250d,...

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