CK-12 Foundation
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: Identify Types of Lines
Are there only three options: parallel, perpendicular, or intersecting? Scholars move a given line in an interactive to change its orientation with respect to another line. The interactive indicates whether the lines are parallel,...
EngageNY
Motion Along a Line – Search Robots Again
We can mathematically model the path of a robot. Learners use parametric equations to find the location of a robot at a given time. They compare the paths of multiple robots looking for parallel and perpendicular relationships and...
Curated OER
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Learners study parallel and perpendicular lines. In this parallel and perpendicular lesson, pupils explore 2-D shapes and determine if the sides are parallel or perpendicular.
Mathematics Vision Project
Transformations and Symmetry
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...
Curated OER
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines 2
In this parallel and perpendicular lines learning exercise, students solve 18 different problems that include determining various parallel and perpendicular lines. First, they determine and write the equation for each description given....
Curated OER
Geometry: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
This basic handout would be good for skills practice or a review of parallel and perpendicular lines. Review the definitions, then practice writing equations of lines that pass through a specific point and are either parallel or...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 6: Connecting Algebra and Geometry
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...
Curated OER
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Fifth graders complete activities to investigate parallel and perpendicular lines. In this plane geometry lesson plan, 5th graders watch a movie about parallel and perpendicular lines. Students work in pairs to describe and draw the...
Math Mammoth
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
In this parallel and perpendicular line instructional activity, learners find equations of a line, then determine an equation of a line that is parallel or perpendicular to the original one. They graph problems and plot points. There are...
McGraw Hill
Lines and Angles
Why was the obtuse angle upset? Because it was never right! A valuable resource is loaded with background information on types of angles and lines. Learners review the characteristics of parallel, perpendicular, and...
Curated OER
2-D and 3-D Presents at Pedro's Party
Fifth graders draw 2-D and 3-D shapes. They sketch and label geometric figures with correct terminology, then explore parallel and perpendicular lines. Pupils sort and classify shapes drawn.
University of Utah
Representations of a Line
Line up to learn about lines! Scholars discover how to express patterns as linear functions. The workbook then covers how to graph and write linear equations in slope-intercept form, as well as how to write equations of...
Del Mar College
All About Lines
This resource should be called "All About Lines, and Then Some!". Packed full of all the key components of linear functions, learners review how to set up different equations, find intercepts, and graph. All the main topics are included...
Illustrative Mathematics
Shortest Line Segment from a Point P to a Line L
One of the hardest skills for many young geometers to grasp is to move beyond just declaring obvious things true, and really returning to fundamental principles for proof. This brief exercise stretches those proving muscles as the...
Curated OER
Lines in the Plane
Students differentiate between parallel and perpendicular lines. In this algebra instructional activity, students graph linear equations using the slope intercept form. They classify lines based on their slopes.
Curated OER
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
In this parallel and perpendicular lines worksheet, students identify the slope of a line that is either parallel to a line or perpendicular to the given line. This one-page worksheet contains ten linear problems.
Curated OER
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
In this parallel and perpendicular lines learning exercise, students find the slope of a line. They identify the slope of a line parallel to another line or find the slope of a line that is perpendicular to a given line. This one-page...
Curated OER
Slope of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
In this parallel and perpendicular lines instructional activity, students determine the slope of a line. They calculate the slope of a line parallel and perpendicular to a given line. This two-page instructional...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Lines, Line Segments, Rays, and Angles - Practice 15.1
Is it a line, line segment, ray, or angle? Identifying geometric figures is the focus. In addition to identification, learners recognize right angles or tell if an angle is less than or greater than a right angle. They tell if lines are...
Virginia Department of Education
Constructions
Pupils learn the steps for basic constructions using a straightedge, a compass, and a pencil. Pairs develop the skills to copy a segment and an angle, bisect a segment and an angle, and construct parallel and perpendicular lines.
Curated OER
8th Grade Math Parallel and Transversal Lines
Eighth graders label and define geometrical lines and angles. They identify angles on the board as acute, obtuse, straight, or right. In groups, 8th graders build with masking tape on the wall a pair of parallel lines, and a transverse...
Curated OER
Geometry Lesson 7: Line Segments And Angles
Fourth graders examine and identify line segments and angles using dot paper to draw them. They look at vertical, horizontal, intersecting, parallel and perpendicular lines, draw right angles and angles that are greater than and less...
Curated OER
The Relationship Between Slope and Perpendicular Lines
In this perpendicular lines worksheet, students explore the relationship between perpendicular lines and slope in eight exercises and two worked examples. The solutions are provided.
Curated OER
Parallel, Perpendicular, or Neither
Study the difference between parallel and perpendicular lines with a set of study cards. After filling in notes (found on the second page), kids can quiz each other on the characteristics of each line, including a section that represents...