Charleston School District
Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal
Pupils study angle measurements between different types of angles associated with parallel lines and transversals. The independent practice asks pupils to identify the types of angles in a diagram and to determine the measure of...
Curated OER
Angles, Lines, and Transversals
Geometers identify and determine angle pair relationships when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. They review the concepts of angles by watching streaming video clips online, read definitions of lines and angles from...
Curated OER
8th Grade Math Parallel and Transversal Lines
Eighth graders label and define geometrical lines and angles. They identify angles on the board as acute, obtuse, straight, or right. In groups, 8th graders build with masking tape on the wall a pair of parallel lines, and a transverse...
Radford University
Parallel Lines, Transversals, and Angles: What’s the Connection?
Streets, bridges, and intersections, oh my! Parallel lines and transversals are a present in the world around us. Learners begin by discovering the relationship of the angles formed by parallel lines and a transversal. They then...
EngageNY
Families of Parallel Lines and the Circumference of the Earth
How do you fit a tape measure around the Earth? No need if you know a little geometry! Pupils begin by extending their understanding of the Side Splitter Theorem to a transversal cut by parallel lines. Once they identify the...
EngageNY
Angles Associated with Parallel Lines
Explore angle relationships created by parallel lines and transversals. The 13th instructional activity of 18 prompts scholars use transparency paper to discover angle relationships related to transversals. Learners find out that these...
Radford University
Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal
Use the parallel lines to find your way. After first reviewing geometric constructions and the relationships between angles formed by parallel lines and a transversal, young mathematicians write proofs for theorems relating to parallel...
Curated OER
Creating Parallel Lines and Transversals
Have your class create parallel lines. Students will learn how to identify the different angles created by a parallel line cut by a transversal. Then, they identify and name similar and different angles.
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal
Parallel lines seem so right for each other. It's too bad they'll never, ever meet. Learners use tracing paper to discover relationships among angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal. They apply this information to find...
EngageNY
Looking More Carefully at Parallel Lines
Can you prove it? Making assumptions in geometry is commonplace. This resource requires mathematicians to prove the parallel line postulate through constructions. Learners construct parallel lines with a 180-degree rotation and then...
Curated OER
Parallel Lines and Transversal Wroksheet
For this Geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine the measures of all angles in a diagram involving parallel lines cut by multiple transversals. The one page worksheet contains six problems. Answers provided.
Curated OER
Parallelism in Our Everyday World: Parallel Lines and Beyond
Young scholars broaden their outlook on geometry in their everyday environment. They explore the properties of parallel lines and parallelograms and discover ways to prove the existence of parallel lines and discuss the concept of...
Flipped Math
Unit 3 Review: Parallell and Perpendicular Lines
Learners watch a quick review on the Parallel and Perpendicular Lines unit. The pupils work through ten review problems ranging from identifying types of angles formed by parallel lines and transversals to writing equations of parallel...
Mathed Up!
Angles: Parallel Lines
Viewers are presented with seven problems with parallel lines and angle relationships and must use the given information to find the measures of specific angles. To finish, they explain their process in finding the measures in the...
Curated OER
Quiz: Angles with Parallel Lines
Middle schoolers identify all pairs of angles formed from parallel lines and a transversal. They use the definitions of alternate interior, alternate exterior and corresponding angles to determine the value of given angles. This one-page...
Curated OER
Parallel Lines and Transversals
In this parallel lines and transversals worksheet, 10th graders solve nine different problems related to measuring parallel lines and transversals. First, they name two more pairs of parallel segments, two more skew segments, and two...
Curated OER
Parallel Lines and Transversals
In this parallel lines and transversals worksheet, 10th graders solve eleven problems that include identifying and defining transversals and parallel lines. First, they state the transversal that forms each pair of angles and then...
Curated OER
Using Technology To Teach Parallel Lines With Transversals
Students explore the relationships between angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal when lines are and are not parallel. They define key vocabulary terms, then using a camera take pictures at their school of parallel lines with...
Flipped Math
Lines and Angles
Develop a sense of understanding. Pupils learn eight definitions dealing with types of lines and angles formed when two lines are crossed by another line. Learners use the definitions to identify the lines and pairs of angles in figures...
Virginia Department of Education
Lines and Angles
Explore angle relationships associated with transversals. Pupils construct parallel lines with a transversal and find the measures of the angles formed. They figure out how the different angles are related before constructing...
Radford University
Parallel Lines Cut By a Transversal
Perhaps planning a city isn't so difficult after all. Scholars first perform geometric constructions and investigate how parallel lines are useful in real-world situations. They then work on a city design project, drawing street maps,...
Curated OER
Parallel Lines
Based on two sets of parallel lines intersected by a transversal, your young geometers determine the measures of 10 angles by applying the definitions of vertical, corresponding, alternate interior, and alternate exterior angles. When...
Flipped Math
Properties of Parallel Lines
Work within a parallel universe. Scholars learn about the relationships of angles when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. They see how to find the measurements of all eight angles by knowing the measure of one angle....
Curated OER
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Tenth graders explore parallel and perpendicular lines. In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders investigate the relationships associated with parallel lines and transversals, perpendicular lines, and the angles formed...