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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Using a Ruler and Drafting Triangle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students learn how to construct parallel and perpendicular lines. The resource consists of video demonstrations.
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Red Escolar: Un Triangulo Sorprendente

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Different activities which involve the following concepts: right triangles, perpendicular lines, classification of triangles, area of a square and Pythagorean theorem.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Blast Off With Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about polygons, angles, parallel, intersecting and perpendicular lines as you journey into space. Included is an activote quiz.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe.5 Triangles Inscribed in Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students use ideas about linear functions to determine when certain angles are right angles. They use the fact that two lines (if not vertical or horizontal) are perpendicular when their slopes are inverse reciprocals, as...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe, G Co, G Srt Unit Squares and Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are shown three unit squares and two line segments connecting two pairs of vertices. They are asked to find the area of a triangle formed by intersecting lines. They can solve it using coordinate geometry or...
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra: The Slope of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial will show you how to find a the slope of graph, write a linear equation in slope-intercept form. You'll also learn how to determine whether two lines are parallel or perpendicular to each other. For advanced math students.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Line Segment Bisector

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about line segment bisectors with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding the Shortest Path

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the shortest distance light travels from an object to the human eye, as the light from the object reflects off a single mirror. In the process they learn about reflection in a line, congruent angles, angle bisectors,...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Properties of Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
I use this activity in the beginning of the school year when introducing terminology such as angles, lines, segments, measures, perpendicular etc. The original material is from the SIMMS Integrated Mathematics using Technology, I have...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Dangerous Births

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, using the USA TODAY Snapshot "Dangerous births" students will explore the geometric relationships of triangles using perpendicular bisectors of the sides, bisectors of the angles and medians of the triangle. They will...
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Angles and Transversals Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This study guide on angles and transversals covers key terms, angle types formed by transversals, postulates and theorems about transversals, and how to prove if lines are parallel or perpendicular. It is available for download with free...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Is a Square a Special Case of Rectangle?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The definition of square can determine whether it is a special case of a rectangle. Using the Cabri Jr. application, students can get a feel for why its definition makes sense. Along the way, they get experience with perpendiculars,...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Plane Ole Plottinghttp

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students will develop an understanding of the Cartesian plane through questioning and reasoning. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of the four quadrants within the coordinate system.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Coordinate Geometry: Special Segments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The student will derive and use the slope and midpoint formulas to verify geometric relationship that include parallelism and perpendicularity of lines. Then, the student will determine an equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Relations and Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Hotmath provides eighteen practice problems dealing with relations, functions, and their graphs. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their Algebraic problem.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Writing and Solving Systems of Equations Using Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this introduction to the use of the Cabri Jr. application in the Algebra classroom, students will algebraically and graphically determine equations of lines, as well as determine solutions to systems of linear equations. Using...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Slopes and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to lead young scholars through an algebraic approach to a well-known result from classical geometry, namely, that a point X is on the circle of diameter AB whenever angle AXB is a right angle. This consists of...
eBook
Quia

Quia: Spanish 2 Final Exam Review 2003

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
You can assess your knowledge of the various parts of angles and lines at this web site. You respond to a series of questions. A running total is visible showing the number of correct responses you have as you work your way through the...
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Other

Technical Tutoring: Linear Functions and Straight Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to write equations for linear functions in all three forms: point-slope, slope-intercept, and general. Also look at equations for parallel and perpendicular. The page gives an explanation of how to obtain the point slope form...
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BBC

Bbc: Ks3 Bitesize: Constructions and Locus

For Students 9th - 10th
This BBC Bitesize focuses on constructions and locus. To understand this activity, you must already know how to define perpendicular, bisect, and locus.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Diagonals to Quadrilaterals I

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores the diagonals of quadrilaterals. The interactive tool allows learners to examine intersecting line segments in a variety of ways. Topics discussed are perpendicular diagonals, congruent diagonals, and bisected...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Midpoints and Segment Bisectors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate midpoints and use the definitions of segment bisectors and perpendicular bisectors.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Geometric Terms Flash Cards

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Do you need practice remembering or learning different geometry vocabulary words and definitions? The flash cards at this web site are for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if you...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Geometric Terms Concentration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you need practice remembering or learning different geometry vocabulary words and definitions? This concentration game is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if...