Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pasta Triangles - A Triangle Inequality Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore, examine and experiment with pasta sticks to discover the triangle inequality principle. They assess if any three lines or segments fit together to form a triangle. Each student also completes a Triangle Recording Chart...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Incenter of a Triangle

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders find the incenter of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders define the way to create an incenter with an angle bisector. They differentiate between incenter and incircle.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Side-Angle-Side (SAS) and Side-Side-Side (SSS) Criteria for Two Triangles to Be Similar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Playing with mathematics can invoke curiosity and excitement. As pupils construct triangles with given criteria, they determine the necessary requirements to support similarity. After determining the criteria, they practice...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangle Congruence

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this triangle congruence learning exercise, students review 4 triangle congruence properties and 4 examples. Students are then prompted to complete 15 problems analyzing whether two triangles are congruent and determine by which...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Same Base and Height, Variation 2

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This is a good model for learners to visualize triangles of the same base and height. They can can begin to comprehend that these triangles will have the same area no matter how the triangle is drawn. It is part of a series of resources...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Finding the Equation of a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Tired of going around and around for a resource on circles? Scholars determine the general equation of a circle on a coordinate plane, then participate in an activity matching equations to the radii and centers of the circles...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns in Pascal's Triangle

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students examine the patterns in Pascal's Triangle. For this recognizing lesson, students view a model of Pascal's Triangle and describe the patterns of the multiples. Students identify the shapes that are made within Pascal's Triangle.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Congruent Triangles

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Geometers prove that triangle PQR is congruent to triangle ABC by describing any combination of rotations, reflections, and translations that would prove it so. There is only this single task on the handout, but a detailed explanation of...
Activity
Curated OER

Inscribing a Square in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Inscribing a square in a circle brings up a number of interesting geometry topics including triangle congruence and how to prove a quadrilateral is a square. This activity is followed up by finding the area of the square and determining...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Designing a Search Robot to Find a Beacon

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Build right angles using coordinate geometry! Pupils explore the concept of slope related to perpendicular lines by examining 90-degree rotations of right triangles. Learners determine the slope of the hypotenuse becomes the opposite...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Area Upgrade

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Imagine a world built of triangles. A performance task asks scholars to consider just that. They use their knowledge of special segments of a triangle to make decisions about the area of triangular plots of land.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Unit Circle: Medieval Castle Defense

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Who needs a plan — let trigonometry protect you! Pupils determine the angle of an approaching enemy to a village wall. The scholars determine the exact value of trigonometric functions for the angle. Class members use trigonometry to...
Instructional Video15:48
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Flipped Math

Sectors and Segments

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's a piece of pizza! Pupils learn about a sector of a circle as a slice of the circle and determine how to find its area. Scholars continue to find out how to calculate the segment of a circle based on the sector's area. At the end,...
Instructional Video4:47
Corbett Maths

Construct a 30 Degree Angle

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Split it down the middle. Using the tools of geometric construction, the video shows two different methods of constructing a 30-degree angle. The first method bisects an angle of an equilateral triangle. The second uses the diagonal of a...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

A Burning Matter

For Students 5th
The process of fire requires oxygen, heat, and fuel. Take one of those away, and fire ceases to exist. That's the idea behind this worksheet which portrays a candle burning inside an upside down jar. Pupils answer a couple of questions...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Ferris Wheels—Tracking the Height of a Passenger Car

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Watch your pupils go round and round as they explore periodic behavior. Learners graph the height of a Ferris wheel over time. They repeat the process with Ferris wheels of different diameters.
Worksheet
Guru Promotions Pty Ltd.

Shapes Worksheet: Triangles

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Work on drawing and identifying triangles with a math worksheet. After kindergartners trace triangles at the top of the page, they draw their own versions underneath, and color the triangles that are hidden amid other geometric shapes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Triangles Inscribed in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are you tired of answers without understanding? Learners can give a correct response, but do they really understand the concept? Have young mathematicians think deeper about linear functions, angles, and formulas in algebra....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reflecting a Triangle in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore geometric concepts using technology. They manipulate the TI to find important math topics. This activity requires a TI-84 or higher.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twenty-Five Measures of the Angles of a Triangle Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this triangle worksheet, students calculate the measures of the angles or the sums of the measures of the angles in twenty-five triangle problems and hands-on activities.  The solutions are provided.
Worksheet
Kim Brassard

Solving Right Triangles

For Students 7th - 10th
Solve that triangle! Your class examines angles and side measurements on 20 right triangles to determine the missing measurements. For some, they are given two sides while for others, they are given an angle and a side.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Area

For Students 5th - 7th
Learners solve and complete four various types of problems. First, they show on the diagram why the area of a triangle is given by a formula. Then, pupils find the area of each triangle and parallelogram illustrated, They also circle the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Identify Accurate Drawings of Triangles: Law of Cosines

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Drawing triangles is easy, even if you have to calculate the exact length of its sides. Scholars use the Law of Cosines to find missing sides of triangles. An interactive helps them check their answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Weight: Heavy or Light Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
Which is heavier, a ladybug or a ship? Learners will have fun with this weight comparison activity, that uses visuals to help them determine which is heavier or lighter. They complete two comparisons for each. Lastly, they examine four...

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