Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Congruence Criteria for Triangles—SAS

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Looking for a different approach to triangle congruence criteria? Employ transformations to determine congruent triangles. Learners list the transformations required to map one triangle to the next. They learn to identify congruence...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

The Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
There isn't a more popular geometry formula than the Pythagorean Theorem! Learners understand the special side relationships in a right triangle. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides and to solve problems. They begin...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What figure is formed by connecting the midpoints of the sides of a quadrilateral? The geometry assessment task has class members work through the process of determining the figure inscribed in a quadrilateral. Pupils use geometric...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Review of the Assumptions (part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Is the amount of information getting overwhelming for your geometry classes? Use this strategy as a way to organize information. The resource provides a handout of information studied in relation to triangle congruence. It includes a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Truth About Triangles And Proofs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners engage in a lesson plan 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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Tipping Point

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students rewrite word problems and solve using math. In this word problem instructional activity, students gather data and observe the data. They relate this process to the scientific method and math. They review their data to be able to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Perimeter

For Students 10th
In this perimeter worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete nineteen various geometry problems. First, they find the length of given segments in addition to the perimeter of a kite. Then, students find the value of a variable so that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of the Centers of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers investigate properties of the four centers of a triangle and explore a special property of the circumcenter and orthocenter of a triangle. This lesson requires the use of Cabri, Jr.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Secant Lines; Secant Lines That Meet Inside a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians identify different cases of intersecting secant lines. They then investigate the case where secant lines meet inside a circle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can You Name That Shape?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use materials to build, investigate, and draw two-dimensional shapes (polygons). They combine the shapes they have built and draw from the pile to begin a round-robin activity to name and determine the attributes of a selection...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sum of Remote Interior Angles Equals Exterior Angle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Draw a triangle with exterior angle. Measure the exterior angle and each remote interior angle. Use the Alpha hand to check that the sum of the remote interior angles is always equal to the exterior angle.
Activity
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Angles Within a Triangle

For Students 6th - 8th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at angles of a triangle in the context of building bikes and choosing bike sizes. The accompanying interactive component lets students explore build different sized triangles while...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Interior Angles in Convex Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate the sum of the interior angles of a polygon and the measure of one interior angle of a regular polygon.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Angles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan introduces the concept of acute, obtuse and right angles. Also, as the lesson proceeds vertical, adjacent, alternate interior and alternate exterior angles are explored. Plenty of...
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Polygons: Interior and Exterior Angles

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource where you can learn how to calculate the measures of the interior and exterior angles of any regular polygon with these tutorials. There are several practice pages for someone to try. The teacher resource page includes...
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Angles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Everything you wanted to know about angles and more, including 1) how to measure angles 2) types of angles 3) angle relationships and 4) angles around a transversal.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Angles of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will measure angles and investigate the relationships between interior and exterior angles of a triangle. They understand the definition of interior angles, exterior angles, adjacent angles, supplementary...
Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Angles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about angles with definitions, examples, and practice questions.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Measuring Polygons an Introduction to Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed as an introduction to using the Carbri Jr. application on the TI-83+/84+ calculators. Students are guided through the menu system and are shown how to draw triangles, quadrilaterals and and a pentagon. Perimeter...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Extension: Parallel Lines and the Sum of the Angles

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students construct a line parallel to the base of a triangle and measure the angles formed. They use the construction to prove that the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Angles of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle. They will explore interior angles, and their relationship with the exterior angles of a triangle.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Investigating the Angle Sum Theorem of Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will allow students to use Cabri Jr. to find the sum of the measures of interior angles of convex polygons and visually see how the Interior Angle Sum Theorem works.
Activity
Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Parallel Lines and Angles Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these three problems about finding the measures of different angles that arise from diagrams involving parallel lines and transversals. Detailed solutions are written out for these three problems of moderate difficulty.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Measuring Angles in a Quadrilateral

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, use an interactive, and investigative approach to determining the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral. They use Cabri Jr. to draw, measure, and calculate the characteristics of the angles of quadrilaterals.