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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions: Derivative of sin(x)

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Graphically find the derivative of sin(x). Using the interactive, pupils graph the slope of the tangent line to the sine function. Class members use the resulting graph to determine the derivative of the sine function. They verify their...
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eBook
Planet e-Book

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
True passion can drive you mad. Stephen Dedalus, the main character in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man straddles many lines, including those between sanity and insanity, piety and sin, and individuality and...
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Assessment
Mathed Up!

Sine and Cosine Rules and Area of Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th
Learners discover how to find missing sides and angles using trigonometry. Scholars first watch a video covering the Law of Sines and Cosines, as well as the area formula for a triangle. To test their knowledge, they complete a worksheet...
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Curated OER

Trigonometry Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Get the trig facts fast, and use the review sheet as a guide in the classroom. The worksheet also includes a document version if any changes are needed to the problems. The information includes a small degree/radian chart, a graph of all...
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Worksheet
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Mt. San Antonio Collage

Graphing Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Double win with a comprehensive worksheet and an excellent worked out answer key. The worksheet itself is twelve pages and begins with the simple sine and cosine graphs, then, develops into the reciprocal trig functions. 
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Study Guide
Cave Creek Unified School District

Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The Crusades sounds like a glamorous time period in the Middle Ages full of glory—but was it? Scholars find and review the truth of the Crusades' influence on the world through the resource. The study guides, separated individually by...
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Lesson Plan
Gateways

Teaching the Easter Story

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
If you are looking for a secular approach to teaching about Easter, this may just be the resource for you. Pupils read a paraphrased text depicting the last supper, arrest, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ as told in the Bible, while also...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Social Realism

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Many American writers in the late nineteenth century wanted their writing to reflect real life. Individuals watch and discuss a video, read and explore author biographies, write a journal entry and a poem, and complete a multimedia...
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Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Sum and Difference Angle Formulas

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Need practice deriving trigonometric angle formulas? With this learning exercise, pupils derive the sum and difference formulas for cosine and tangent and the difference formula for sine. Scholars use the sine sum formula and other known...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Definition of Sine, Cosine, and Tangent

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduce your classes to a new world of mathematics. Pupils learn to call trigonometric ratios by their given names: sine, cosine, and tangent. They find ratios and use known ratios to discover missing sides of similar triangles. 
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Adding the Sines

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
It's a sign! Scholars analyze sine functions for patterns in their periods. The exploration advances beyond a simple function to the combination of two functions with even and odd coefficients. Their goal is to find a pattern between the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Awkward! Who Chose the Number 360, Anyway?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Don't give your classes the third degree. Use radians instead! While working with degrees, learners find that they are not efficient and explore radians as an alternative. They convert between the two measures and use radians with the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Basic Trigonometric Identities from Graphs

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Have young mathematicians create new identities! They explore the even/odd, cofunction, and periodicity identities through an analysis of tables and graph. Next, learners discover the relationships while strengthening their understanding...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Addition and Subtraction Formulas 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Knowing the addition formulas allows for the calculations of double and half formulas. The fourth installment of 16 has the class use the addition formula to develop the double angle trigonometric formulas. Using the double formula,...
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 5: Modeling with Geometry

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Solids come in many shapes and sizes. Using geometry, scholars create two-dimensional cross-sections of various three-dimensional objects. They develop the lesson further by finding the volume of solids. The module then shifts to finding...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Similarity and Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Starting with similar triangles and dilation factors, this unit quickly and thoroughly progresses into the world of right triangle features and trigonometric relationships. Presented in easy-to-attack modules with copious application...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Ferris Wheels—Using Trigonometric Functions to Model Cyclical Behavior

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Have class members going in circles as they model the path of a Ferris Wheel using trigonometric functions. Building on the previous instructional activity in this series on transformations, learners use trigonometric functions to model...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

What Is a Trigonometric Identity?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Protect yourself from identity theft! Establishing a strong understanding of the Pythagorean identity allows learners to prove that sine^2x + cos^2x = 1. They then use the identity to find sine or cosine ratios given the other.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Trigonometric Identity Proofs

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Proving a trig identity might just be easier than proving your own identity at the airport. Learners first investigate a table of values to determine and prove the addition formulas for sine and cosine. They then use this result to...
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Assessment
EngageNY

Mid-Module Assessment Task: Pre-Calculus Module 4

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Challenge scholars to show what they know about properties and addition and subtraction formulas for trigonometric functions. The resource provides a mid-unit check on the progress toward mastery of trigonometric concepts. The areas...
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Worksheet
Yummy Math

Parametric Equations and a Heart

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Trigonometry, art, and Valentine's Day come together in a creative activity about parametric equations. Learners calculate several equations before graphing them either by hand, on a graphic calculator, or Excel spreadsheet to curve...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Sine Solution

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
How many times can eager mathematicians catch the waves? Pupils find the solutions of three different trigonometric equations. They then determine the effect of the slope of a line that intersects a trigonometric function and the number...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sor Juana, la monja y la escritora: Las Redondillas y La Respuesta

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sor Juana, considered one of the first feminist writers and a great Latin American poet, is the topic and inspiration for this excellent activity. Use the introduction, guiding questions, and learning objectives to lead your class into a...
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Unit Plan
EngageNY

Complex Numbers and Transformations

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Your learners combine their knowledge of real and imaginary numbers and matrices in an activity containing thirty lessons, two assessments (mid-module and end module), and their corresponding rubrics. Centered on complex numbers and...

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