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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trigonometry: Evaluate Inverse Trig Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a sine, cosine, or tangent value, find the principle angle that has this value. In other words, find the arcsine, arccosine, or arctangent of that value. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Sine (Sin) Function Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to the sine function. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Tangent (Tan) Function: Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the tangent with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solving for a Side in Right Triangles With Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use trig functions to find an unknown side length in a right triangle.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of lessons and practice exercises on trigonometric ratios. Students will learn how to solve for an angle and for a side, and to apply trigonometry in setting up and solving word problems.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You've Got Triangles!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about trigonometry, geometry and measurements while participating in a hands-on interaction with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT technology. First they review fundamental geometrical and trigonometric concepts. Then, they estimate the...
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Advanced Trig Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides five example problems dealing with real life trigonometry applications. Hints and solution links are provided.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Math Review Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
A math tutorial for many areas of math that contains over 2,500 pages of explanations and examples in algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and basic mathematics. Also has exams and ask-an-expert function.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Height or Distances With a Camera

For Students 9th - 10th
If you know or calculate the field of view for your camera, you can use it to measure distances and the height of almost anything. It's all a matter of basic trigonometry.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Trig Tour

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take a tour of trigonometry using degrees or radians! Look for patterns in the values and on the graph when you change the value of theta. Compare the graphs of sine, cosine, and tangent.
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Emr: Exercises in Math Readiness

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Saskatchewan offers this resource for the review of mathematical concepts that students need to enter university level math courses. Topics include mental arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, exponential and...
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Other

G Calc: Java Online Graphing Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This free online graphics calculator is an excellent resource to aid with studies in algebra, calculus, trigonometry, etc.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Stay in Shape

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn that math is important in navigation and engineering. Ancient land and sea navigators started with the most basic of navigation equations (Speed x Time = Distance). Today, navigational satellites use...
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Geometry & Trig Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math formulas, definitions, properties, diagrams and examples from Geometry and Trigonometry.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Determination of Unknown Triangle Measures Given Area

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at triangle problems where you are given the area and must use trigonometry to find unknown sides or angles.
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Right Angle Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore sine, cosine, and tangents compared to the selected angle.
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Clark University

Clark University: Dave's Short Trig Course

For Students 9th - 10th
This Clark University trigonometry tutorial site features questions and answers about what students can learn from trigonometry.
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Other

Brown Math: A 10 Minute Trig Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Looking for a 10-minute review of the major concepts of trigonometry? This site is a quick recap of degrees and radians, SOH CAH TOA, Pythagorean identities, and special right triangles are all found here.
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Other

Charles Sturt University: Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Univerisity of Charles Sturt provides math help in various areas including trigonometry. Site includes copies of past exams with solutions.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Product and Sum Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This math lesson lists the product and sum formulas, and gives detailed example of using them to solve algebraic trigonometry problems.
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NASA

Nasa: What Is Trigometry Good For?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA is for anyone who has ever asked "Why do I need to know this," this is a must read for you. It documents historical uses of trigonometry.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Measuring Distances Triangulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan which details how to have students determine the distance to an object by sighting it from two different locations and knowing the distance between these locations. As an advanced alternative, trigonometry can be used to...
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Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: The Ambiguous Case

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Integrated Publishing discusses the ambiguous case, which arises in trigonometry when you are given two sides of a triangle and the angle opopsite one of them. In an ambiguous case two different triangles could conform to...
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Exercises in Math Readiness for University Study: Trig

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read a lesson, look at examples, and try easy, medium, and advanced problems from a variety of trigonometry topics: radian measure of angles, trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities, and modeling with trigonometric functions.

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