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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Two Triangles' Area

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this task, 8th graders are given the dimensions of two isosceles triangles and are asked to compare their areas. They must draw them and use the Pythagorean Theorem and the triangle area formula to solve the problem. Aligns with 8.G.B.7.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g.7 Running on the Football Field

For Teachers 8th Standards
This task asks students to apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the approximate number of yards two players ran during a football game and compare their distances. Aligns with 8.G.B.7.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Clock Tower

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project resulted from the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher (pre-engineering), Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Formulas: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this lesson plan about formulas, young scholars will be able to identify and apply the correct formula for a given situation, solve for any unknown component of the formulas for perimeter, circumference, and area of regular...
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: El Teorema De Pitagoras

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive resources and activities that could be used in the classroom either as an introduction or review to a unit dealing with the Pythagoras Theorem. [Requires Java.]
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Shortest Line Segment From a Point P to a Line L

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students develop an understanding that the shortest path from a point to a line always meets the line at a right angle. Aligns with G-SRT.C.8.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Slopes and Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to lead learners through an algebraic approach to a well-known result from classical geometry, namely, that a point X is on the circle of diameter AB whenever angle AXB is a right angle. This consists of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Inscribing a Square in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students learn how to inscribe a square in a circle. Aligns with G-CO.D.13
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Handheld Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In addition to understanding the concept of similar right triangles and how they apply to trigonometric ratios, students explore a clinometer app, and discover how it can be used to test the mathematics underpinning trigonometry.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G C, G Srt Neglecting the Curvature of the Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Jerry and Ashley are trying to find out if it is possible to see the lowest point in the USA from the highest point in the USA. It turns out that the highest point in the United States, the peak of Mount Whitney, is only 85 miles from...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g, G Gpe, G Srt, G Co Is This a Rectangle?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students are given four sets of coordinate pairs and are asked to determine if they represent a rectangle. Aligns with 8.G.A, 8.G.B, G-CO.B, G-GPE.B, and G-SRT.B.5.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: History of Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Different cultures' contributions to Geometry are discussed.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt, G Mg How Far Is the Horizon?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Some friends are at the beach looking out onto the ocean on a clear day and they wonder how far away the horizon is. A second problem asks how far the horizon would be from the top of a mountain. Students must also answer a question...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Defining Parabolas Geometrically

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to show that the points on a parabola can be characterized by being equidistant from a point (the focus) and a line (the directrix). Aligns with HSG-GPE.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Finding Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers 8th Standards
This task asks students to examine three triangles in the coordinate plane and explain why they are isosceles triangles. Aligns with 8.G.B.8.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Bird and Dog Race

For Teachers 8th
For this race between a bird and a dog, 8th graders are provided with information about their starting locations on a map and their speeds. They are asked to predict a winner, draw the paths they might follow, decide how to determine who...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Tall Is the School's Flagpole?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this lesson is to help students apply math concepts concerning similar triangles and trigonometric functions to real life situations. The students learn how to take these concepts and use them to find measurements of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Exponents and Radicals: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on exponents and radicals as they apply to problems involving squares, perfect squares, and square roots.
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Ctte: Geometer's Sketch Pad Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers numerous activities for middle school and high school learners to explore using Geometer's Sketch Pad.

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