Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Problems Using Sine and Cosine

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concepts are only valuable if they are applicable. An informative resource uses concepts developed in lessons 26 and 27 in a 36-part series. Scholars write equations and solve for missing side lengths for given right triangles....
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Perimeter and Area of Triangles in the Cartesian Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils figure out how to be resourceful when tasked with finding the area of a triangle knowing nothing but its endpoints. Beginning by exploring and decomposing a triangle, learners find the perimeter and area of a triangle. They...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Two Wheels and a Belt

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Geometry gets an engineering treatment in an exercise involving a belt wrapped around two wheels of different dimensions. Along with the wheels, this belt problem connects concepts of right triangles, tangent lines, arc length, and...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angles of Elevation and Depression: Fly-By Calibration

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Determine the distance between two trees from afar. Pupils use an interactive resource to create two right triangles using trees and a plane. They determine the horizontal legs of each triangle to find the distance between the two trees.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting It Right! An Investigation of the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners construct a variety of right triangles using a right-angled set square, cutting corners from pieces of paper or cardboard, and using dynamic geometry software. They measure the sides of these various right triangles and record...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Incredibly Useful Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Start the exploration of trigonometry off right! Pupils build on their understanding of similarity in this lesson that introduces the three trigonometric ratios. They first learn to identify opposite and adjacent...
Lesson Plan
National Security Agency

Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Building on young mathematicians' prior knowledge of three-sided shapes, this lesson series explores the defining characteristics of different types of triangles. Starting with a shared reading of the children's book The Greedy...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Special Lines in Triangles (part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Medians, midsegments, altitudes, oh my! Pupils study the properties of the median of a triangle, initially examining a proof utilizing midsegments to determine the length ratio of a median. They then use the information to find missing...
Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Geometry

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Help learners find joy in facing mathematical challenges. The questions posed on this worksheet encourage young mathematicians to utilize skills learned throughout a geometry unit, and to apply themselves and persevere through...
Lesson Plan
Hotchalk

Triangle Sum Theorem

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Your visual geometry learners will appreciate triangle drawings as they model the triangle sum theorem and algebraically solve to find the missing interior angle in a triangle. Practice problems increase in complexity and vary in their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Polygons and The Greedy Triangle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Excellent activity! Anne Linehane's geometry story, The Greedy Triangle, offers an opportunity to practice forming various types of polygons with your learners. Using elastic bands (or Chinese jump ropes),...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Easy Worksheet: Classify the Triangle

For Students 9th - 12th
In this classify the triangle worksheet, students solve 6 short answer problems. Students identify the type of triangle being described according to its angle measures and side lengths.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating Trigonometric Ratios Through Similar Right Triangles.

For Teachers 8th - 10th
49Students investigate the properties of right triangles. In this geometry lesson plan, students differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing angles and sides.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inscribed Right Triangles

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate the measurements of the inscribed angles of a triangle. In this geometry activity, students relate the hypotenuse of a right triangle and the diameter of a circle to each other. They calculate the diameter of a circle...
PPT
Curated OER

Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 7th
This presentation shows how triangles are classified by angle measurement and length of sides.  It reviews isosceles, scalene, obtuse, right, and acute classifications and includes questions for students to classify some of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Special Right Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify different types of special right triangles. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between right triangles and isosceles triangles. they construct the triangles using geometry software and make conjectures...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Trigonometry to Find Side Lengths of an Acute Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Not all triangles are right! Pupils learn to tackle non-right triangles using the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines. After using the two laws, they then apply them to word problems. 
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Challenge scholars to prove the Pythagorean Theorem geometrically by using a cut-and-paste activity. They then must solve for the missing sides of right triangles.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 10th
In this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 12 different problems that include various angles of triangles. First, they determine the measure of an exterior angle. Then, students determine the measure of any of the base angles of an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Right Triangles

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars investigate the basic trigonometric functions.  In this geometry/trigonometry lesson, students explore strategies to solve right triangles using basic trigonometric functions.  The lesson includes an application...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry Worksheet: Pythagoras' Theorem

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
For this Pythagorean Theorem worksheet, students use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the unlabeled side of the right triangle. There are 8 problems all together.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry Journal: Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this isosceles triangles worksheet, students justify and determine the symmetry of an isosceles triangle. They explore the bisector of rectangles. This three-page worksheet contains two problems. Answers are listed on page three.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Which Triangles are Right

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students apply properties of right triangles to solve problems. In this geometry lesson plan, students identify axioms and theorems using examples.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Right Triangle congruence

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners will determine if two triangles are congruent and which property is used. In this lesson on right triangles, students will determine what additional information is need to make a pair of triangles congruent.