Unit Plan
Radford University

Right Triangle Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Who knew math could help with sports? An invigorating set of lessons encourages learners to apply right triangles in baseball, volleyball, hockey, football, and soccer. They use the Pythagorean Theorem, Pythagorean triples, special right...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Conditions for a Unique Triangle—Two Angles and a Given Side

For Teachers 7th Standards
Using patty paper, classes determine that only one triangle is possible when given two specific angle measures and a side length. As the 10th instructional activity in the series of 29, young math scholars add these criteria to those...
Performance
Radford University

How Much is in There? A Polygon Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Try to find the triangles in various polygons. An investigation has learners develop a formula for the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a polygon. They use manipulatives to partition each polygon into triangles, then...
Performance
Radford University

Developing a Trigonometry Phone App

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's one more app? After reviewing how to calculate missing side lengths or angle measures in a right triangle, pupils create instructions for a phone app to do all of the tedious work. They must consider all nine cases of known...
Performance
Radford University

Remodeling a Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Get new flooring for as cheap as possible. Given a floor plan of a house, pupils determine the area of each room and the amount of necessary flooring. They then make selections for the flooring in every space, taking a budget into...
Unit Plan
Radford University

How to Build a Happy Home

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Build a complete house in just a few days. Learners create floor, roof, deck, and landscape plans for a two-story house. Scholars then use their knowledge of area formulas, trigonometric ratios, and the Pythagorean Theorem to determine...
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sharing Brownies: Fractions That Represent a Fair Share

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Elementary graders discover the concept of fractional pieces of a whole. They investigate the meanings of fractions in everyday life and why they are used. Pupils divide brownies amongst each other to demonstrate the use of fractions...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Area of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this geometry worksheet, students solve problems by finding the area of a triangle. They are given the sides and asked to solve using the Pythagorean Theorem. There are 72 problems.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angle-Side-Angle Triangles: Caution Tape

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Don't lose your marbles. Scholars use an interactive to create a triangle that closes off a portion of a sidewalk with loose marbles. The Law of Sines helps them find the side measures of such a triangle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Why are there so many different types of triangles? Be that as it may, beginning geometers need to understand the differences between equilateral, isosceles, scalene, and right triangles, and they get a visual approach with this...
PPT
Curated OER

The Health Triangle

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What else does physical health include besides exercise and nutrition? How can I support my mental health? Does social health just refer to relationships with friends? How are all of these questions vital to the body's overall efficiency...
PPT
Curated OER

Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In need of a fun way to define an isosceles triangle? This activity has learners fold a paper in half and then cut it to create an isosceles triangle. They determine the line of symmetry by folding the triangle in half and then use the...
Interactive
Curated OER

Triangle Area by OnlineMathLearning.com

For Students 6th - 8th
For this online math worksheet, middle schoolers practice finding the area of triangles, given their outside dimensions. When complete, students submit their answers and get instant feedback regarding their accuracy.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Analytic Proofs of Theorems Previously Proved by Synthetic Means

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Prove theorems through an analysis. Learners find the midpoint of each side of a triangle, draw the medians, and find the centroid. They then examine the location of the centroid on each median discovering there is a 1:2 relationship....
Instructional Video6:29
Corbett Maths

Pythagoras Rectangles and Isosceles Triangles

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
When does the Pythagorean Theorem come in handy? An intriguing video uses the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems other than simply finding the length of a side of a right triangle. Pupils find the diagonal of a rectangle and the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry Practice: G.G.28 #1: Congruent Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this congruent triangles worksheet, students solve four multiple choice problems. Students determine which statement is the appropriate reasoning to say that two triangles are congruent.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reflected Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Your learners find and construct the line of reflection between a triangle's pre-image and its reflection image in this short activity.
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Dilations Using Right Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Don't argue with a triangle that has a 90-degree angle. It's always right. Scholars first use right triangles to help draw dilations of points. They continue the lesson by applying this skill to draw dilations of polygons.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Painting a Barn

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
When painting a barn you have to calculate surface area, and that is exactly what this resource is about. Not only will your future home owners calculate the surface area, but also the cost. It is a real-life problem that every that...
Instructional Video3:10
Corbett Maths

Hexagon Inscribed Within a Circle

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Mark off the length of the radius around the circle. Using a compass, the presenter shows how to construct a regular hexagon in a circle. Pupils see how triangles formed in the hexagon are equilateral, allowing for the construction to...
Instructional Video2:01
Corbett Maths

Construct a 45 Degree Angle

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Create a 45-degree angle without bisecting an angle. A video shows a method to construct a 45-degree angle without needing to bisect a right angle. By constructing an isosceles right triangle, the presenter constructs a 45-degree angle...
PPT
Curated OER

Perimeter: The Distance around a Shape

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A few good questions move this lesson right along. Young mathematicians use critical-thinking skills as they learn how to determine the perimeter of various shapes. They determine perimeter first by measuring and adding the lengths of...
Instructional Video14:56
Corbett Maths

Area under a Graph

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
What? The calculation of area is a linear distance? A short video shows how to use the areas of simple polygons to estimate the area under a graph. Pupils divide the area under a curve into figures to easier calculate the area. Given...

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