Illustrative Mathematics
Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
Use the given tasks and detailed teacher's commentary to introduce your 8th graders to the Pythagorean theorem and its converse. Embedded links to information about Egyptian geometry make your presentation interesting. Consider...
Curated OER
Two Triangles' Area
Need an activity for teaching the Pythagorean Theorem? Geometry juniors apply the Pythagorean theorem to two triangles to determine a final calculation.
Illustrative Mathematics
Shortest Line Segment from a Point P to a Line L
One of the hardest skills for many young geometers to grasp is to move beyond just declaring obvious things true, and really returning to fundamental principles for proof. This brief exercise stretches those proving muscles as the...
Teach Engineering
Stay in Shape
Using their knowledge of right triangles, pupils find out how far a ship is from a light house. Class members determine how far around the world a ship would be sailing at a constant speed.
Teach Engineering
Catching the Perfect SAR Waves!
Zero in on an interesting resource involving radar technology. Groups construct a radar sensing unit and learn to calibrate the system. Using the radar system and the Pythagorean Theorem, they calculate distances between objects.
Curated OER
Access Ramp
Just about every public building that your students are familiar with has an access ramp which complies with ADA requirements. As it turns out, designing such a ramp is an excellent activity to incorporate slope, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
Curated OER
Tennis Balls in a Can
Make your classroom interesting by teaching or assessing through tasks. Deepen the understanding of Geometry and motivate young mathematicians. The task uses investigation with tennis balls and their container to prompt learners to...
5280 Math
Triangle Area Patterns
Combine algebraic and geometric strategies to find solutions. The task asks learners to find the coordinates of a third vertex of a triangle to create a triangle with a specific area. The project is a set of seven problems that...
Curated OER
Is This a Rectangle?
How do you show that something is a rectangle? This activity starts with four coordinate points and asks young geometers to explain whether they create a rectangle. Knowledge from both geometry and algebra come into play here, as well...
Curated OER
Tangent Lines and the Radius of a Circle
Your Geometry learners will collaboratively prove that the tangent line of a circle is perpendicular to the radius of the circle. A deliberately sparse introduction allows for a variety of approaches to find a solution.
Curated OER
Glasses
Provide your class some practice with the dimensions of geometric figures. Here you have a set of three different-shaped, stemmed drinking glasses with diameters and heights provided. Math-minded individuals calculate the volume of each....
Illustrative Mathematics
Doctor's Appointment
Geometric volume calculations are brought into the real world in a quick set of application problems. Learners are asked to help a patient figure out how to drink a prescribed amount of water both at work and at home. This activity...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Proof Without Words: Pythagorean Theorem
This applet proves the Pythagorean Theorem "without words" using geometry.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Geometry: Converse of Pythagorean Theorem
Students can use the TI-84 Plus family with Cabri Jr. to determine if the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem is true.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Pythagorean Theorem and Pythagorean Triple
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will determine the number of pixels a phone has on the screen by using the pythagorean theorem and pythaogrean triple. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Distance Formula and the Pythagorean Theorem
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use the distance formula and the pythagorean theorem to determine the quickest route to the treasure. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Geometry
Practice using your graphing calculator for geometry problems, including the use of the Pythagorean Theorem and the distance formula. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which...
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Geometry
The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides high school students with online tutorials and exercises on what they deem some of the most important topics in geometry: Triangles, and Circles and Other...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Swimming Pools
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use knowledge of pythagorean theorem and pythagorean triple to determine the size and compare the size of the new pool to the old pools. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me...
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Triangle Problems
Here are five triangle problems to solve using the Law of Sines, Law of Cosines, Pythagorean Theorem, and trigonometry. All problems have detailed written solutions included.
Other
The mathlab.com: Sophia's Tree of Mysteries
There are 10 questions hidden in the tree. Click around to find them. As you find each answer, use the decoder grid below to find its matching letter to determine the required password to enter the restricted area.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Science Today Scientists Go Below to Find
In this activity, using the USA TODAY Infograph "Scientists go below to find," students will graph a city's location by using latitude and longitude coordinates. Students will determine the distance to travel between cities using a...
Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain
Red Escolar: Un Triangulo Sorprendente
In Spanish. Different activities which involve the following concepts: right triangles, perpendicular lines, classification of triangles, area of a square and Pythagorean theorem.
Harvey Mudd College
Mudd Math Fun Facts: Football Field
Here is a math problem using a football field as its basis. The solution to the problem involves the Pythagorean theorem.