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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Problems Library Geometry Triangles
This site contains a wealth of problems that deal with the basic definitions of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors or the defining characteristics of the different types of triangles. There are also...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Geometry Vocabulary Resources
A list of geometry definitions and a matching activity.
Cut the Knot
Cut the Knot: Existence of the Orthocenter
This site defines the altitude of a triangle and gives the standard notation for altitudes of a triangle. The site then goes to list several proofs involving altitudes and orthocenters.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Right Triangles Calculator
Use this calculator to find the unknown angles in a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. Once you know the sides you can calculate the perimeter, semiperimeter, area, and the altitudes.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Actividades Con Las Rectas De Un Triangulo
You will find an interactive activity to review the following concepts: altitude, median, angle bisector and points of concurrency in triangles. Five different interactive quizzes are also provided to test your knowledge.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Ask the Pilot
In the July 2013 issue of United Airlines' Hemisphere Magazine, a pilot responded to a question about how far in the distance he could see at different altitudes. The solution involved right triangles, lines of tangency to a circle, and...
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Curated OER
Altitudes & Orthocenters: Making Connections...
This site describes altitudes and orthocenters in triangles and their connections with the nine-point circle.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Concurrence
Find resources for class instruction on concurrence: a lesson on concurrence of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors complete with definitions and example diagrams; a six-question practice quiz; and...
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Area of Parallelograms
This lesson plan presents the idea that the area of any right triangle is exactly half of a certain rectangle, and contains varied exercises for students.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Orthocenter
This site from InterMath gives a description of the orthocenter of a triangle along with a visual representation. Be sure to follow the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Simple Constructions
In this skill activity, students can use the Constructions Tools Menu in Cabri Jr. to contruct a parallelogram. They will also construct an altitude, an angle bisector and a median of a triangle.