Scholastic
Study Jams! Classify Triangles
Jam on with this multi-faceted activity teaching triangle classification. Start with a learner-paced lesson describing the different qualities of triangles and follow with a fun karaoke session. Also provided are two types...
Curated OER
Geometry Journal: Isosceles Triangles
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.
K12 Reader
Classifying Triangles
Bring math and reading informational text together with a reading comprehension lesson. After kids read about isosceles, scalene, and equilateral triangles, they answer five comprehension questions to demonstrate how they can use context...
Concord Consortium
Isosceles Triangle Spaces
How many different types of triangles can your class name? A discovery lesson guides learners through an exploration of the different triangle types and the relationships between their angles and sides. Using coordinate geometry,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
What You Know About the Bermuda Triangle?
Get lost in the classifications. Using the backdrop of the Bermuda Triangle, pupils classify it by angle and side measures. They also learn information about the triangle and its history.
Texas Instruments
Identifying a Triangle by its Sides and Angles
Identify triangles by their angle measures and side lengths by looking at and measuring angle measures and side lengths. Use Cabri Jr. to construct various triangles, then manipulate the construction to create the 6 types of triangles,...
Virginia Department of Education
How Many Triangles?
Something for young mathematicians to remember: the sum of any two sides must be greater than the third. Class members investigates the Triangle Inequality Theorem to find the relationship between the sides of a triangle. At the...
Curated OER
Triangles
In this math worksheet, students answer 3 questions about an equilateral triangle. Students then answer 3 questions about isosceles triangles. Students then calculate missing angles on isosceles triangles.
Curated OER
Toothpick Triangles
Students draw a chart (included in the lesson plan) to use with their investigation. They review terminology of triangles and receive toothpicks to use in the lesson plan. Beginning with three toothpicks, students form a triangle. They...
Curated OER
Geometry of Triangles - Week 6
In this triangle worksheet, students explore the characteristics of triangles. They find the area of a pentagon, lengths of the sides of a triangle and the area of a quadrilateral. This two-page worksheet contains seven problems.
Curated OER
Triangles
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...
Bowland
Rods and Triangles
Scholars explore triangles with rods of different lengths. Using rods of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 cm class members build as many different types of triangles as they can. They also describe properties of these triangles and determine...
Illustrative Mathematics
Lines of Symmetry for Triangles
What can symmetry tell us about triangles? After looking at four examples, learners will come to realize that lines of symmetry are different for equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles. Use this guided practice activity as an...
Curated OER
Exploring Triangles
Students research the different types of triangles, including right, isosceles, scalene, and equilateral triangles. They identify the characteristics of various types of triangles and then draw them using appropriate vocabulary to...
McGraw Hill
Triangles
After reviewing characteristics of seven types of triangles, young geometers discover how to find the missing angle of a triangle. Then, they practice identifying triangles, find missing angles, and find missing side lengths of...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Triangle Pack
With so many different types of triangles, it can be a challenge for young mathematicians to keep them all straight. Luckily this set of printable triangles is here to engage children in comparing and sorting triangles by their...
Curated OER
Triangles
In this triangles worksheet, 4th graders study the lengths that are stated for 3 triangles and describe each triangle by its sides. Students describe 3 additional triangles by their angles.
Curated OER
Triangle Designs
In this triangles activity, students draw different triangles and write how many sides and angles each one has. Students draw 4 kinds of triangles and have 2 that are impossible to draw.
Curated OER
Classification of Triangle Measurement & Perimeter
In this classification of triangles instructional activity, 10th graders identify and complete 8 different problems that include determining the measurement and perimeter of various types of triangles. First, they color all right, acute,...
Primary Resources
Different Types of Triangles
Are there different types of triangles? Yes there are, and this presentation describes each by its properties or characteristics. Right, equilateral, isosceles, and scalene are all shown and defined. The presentation isn't particularly...
Curated OER
The Truth About Triangles And Proofs
Students engage in a lesson that is about the classification of triangles and the mathematical proofs involved in working with them. They work on a variety of problems that are created by the teacher with the focus upon the importance of...
Curated OER
Isosceles Triangles
Learners investigate triangles. In this shapes geometry lesson, students define and state the attributes for equilateral, scalene, and isosceles triangles. Learners locate the prefix "tri" in a variety of words and make connections with...
Willow Tree
Angle Sum Property of Triangles
All triangles have some things in common. Using these properties of triangles, learners find missing angle measures. Scholars use the Angle Sum Property and properties of special triangles throughout the lesson plan.
Centre for Innovation in Mamatics Teaching
Area, Perimeter and Volume
Develop young mathematicians' knowledge of two- and three-dimensional shapes with this geometry workbook. From learning about the classifications of different shapes and figures to calculating their area, perimeter, and volume, this...