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Curated OER

Two Triangles' Area

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Need an activity for teaching the Pythagorean Theorem? Geometry juniors apply the Pythagorean theorem to two triangles to determine a final calculation. 
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Illustrative Mathematics

Reflections and Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Geometers explore symmetries of isosceles triangles by using rigid transformations of the plane. They complete four tasks, including congruence proofs, which illustrate the relationship between congruence and rigid transformations. The...
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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...
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Curated OER

Symmetries of a Quadrilateral II

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners investigate the symmetries of a convex quadrilateral in a collaborative activity. Rigid motion and complements are explored as learners analyze different cases of reflections across a line.
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Triangles Side by Side

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This comprehensive web lesson describes how to classify triangles by their angle and side measurements. It provides real-world examples and exercises for students to practice the skill.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Tick Tock Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a "three star" geometry problem where prior knowledge of probability is required to solve this "Tick Tock Triangle" problem, have fun!
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Problems Library Geometry Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a wealth of problems that deal with the basic definitions of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors or the defining characteristics of the different types of triangles. There are also...
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Other

Ic Teachers: Shapes: Triangles

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Are you looking for a very basic website that will explain the basic properties of a triangle? Use this site to learn about the properties of equilateral triangles, isosceles triangles, right triangles,and scalene triangles. There are...
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Perpendicular Construction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a "three star" geometry problem where prior math problem skills and proof experience is recommended to solve this "Perpendicular Construction" problem.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Equilateral, Isosceles, and Scalene Triangles

For Students 4th - 6th
This geometry lesson defines equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles, and has a variety of exercises, including drawing exercises.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Hidden Polygon Activity

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
On this site students are instructed to locate different types of polygons on triangle grid paper. This page can be printed so that students can actually draw them. It also gives a definitions link for each polygon.