Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Special Right Triangles and Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Right triangles are so special! Use special right triangles to discover the trigonometric ratios. Pairs construct special right triangles and find the values of the ratios of the sides. In the process, they discover the ratios stay the...
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Flipped Math

Special Right Triangles II

For Students 9th - 12th
Show students that right triangles are radical. Learners see how the lengths of the sides of a 45-45-90 triangle relate. Using that relationship, pupils observe how to find any of the lengths given one side of a triangle. They go on to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Special Right Triangles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
For this special right triangle worksheet, students use the trigonometric functions to determine angle measurement or the length of one side of a right triangle. This one-page worksheet contains 18 problems. Answers are provided at the...
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Flipped Math

Special Right Triangles I

For Students 9th - 12th
Introduce a special relationship with right triangles. Learners discover the ratio of the sides in a 30-60-90 triangle. After watching several examples and seeing two different methods, pupils find unknown sides in triangles. Scholars...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applying Special Right Triangles

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders use the theorems regarding right triangles to find the missing length in a special right triangle. The one page worksheet contains eleven questions. Answers are included.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Special Triangles and the Unit Circle

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Calculate exact trigonometric values using the angles of special right triangles. Beginning with a review of the unit circle and trigonometric functions, class members use their knowledge of special right triangles to find the value...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Special Right Triangles

For Students 10th
In this special right triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 7 various problems with various types of right triangles. First, they identify the two special types of right triangles, the 45-45-90 degree triangle and the 30-60-90 right...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Special Right Triangles

For Students 10th
In this special right triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 9 different problems related to measuring various types of right triangles. First, they find the values of x and y in each right triangle shown. Then, students find the length...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solve Right Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this trigonometric applications worksheet, learners solve for the missing side of a right triangle using a trigonometric ratio. There are 46 questions, 10 of which are word problems.
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

The Pythagorean Relationship

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Add up areas of squares to discover the pythagorean relationship. Small groups create right triangles with squares along each side. They calculate the areas of each square and notice the relationship. Groups construct other types of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Special Triangles and Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 11th
In this special triangles instructional activity, students examine given special triangles.  They determine the length of a missing side and/or the measurement of a missing angle for given triangles and quadrilaterals. ...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

The Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
There isn't a more popular geometry formula than the Pythagorean Theorem! Learners understand the special side relationships in a right triangle. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides and to solve problems. They begin...
Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Pythagorean Triples

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
What special relationships exist in right triangles? In the high school performance task, learners investigate Pythagorean triples. They then determine rules for the perimeter and area of right triangles given the shortest side.
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Triangles: Angle Space

For Students 9th - 12th
Three angles in a triangle, three-dimensional space, it all seems connected somehow. Given several different triangles, pupils use the three angles of the triangle as coordinates to plot points in three-dimensional space. They explore...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Common Geometric Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Geometry could be called the study of figures. An overview of the figures found in a typical geometry course contains a study of different triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Special Segments in a Triangle

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders review the vocabulary associated with the special segments of a triangle and the associated points of concurrency and solve problems in which they find the indicated missing angle or...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry Level 3

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
What a wonderful resource! Learners create two-dimensional shapes according to the instructions stated, use the squares to make a triangular prism, a cube, and a pyramid, and identify features of plane shapes, among a myriad of other...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Special Segments in Triangles

For Students 10th
In this special segments in triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 5 different types of triangles. First, they identify and describe the four types of segments associated with triangles. Then, students draw and label a figure that...
Worksheet
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K12 Reader

Shapes on a Plane

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Geometric shapes are the focus of a comprehension exercise that asks readers to examine a short passage about planes, circles, triangles, and rectangles, and then to respond to a series of questions about the article.
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Curated OER

Practice: Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Congratulations, you've just hit the word problem jackpot! Covering an incredible range of topics from integers and fractions, to percents, geometry, and much more, this collection of worksheets will keep young mathematicians...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Systems of Equations Leading to Pythagorean Triples

For Teachers 8th Standards
Find Pythagorean Triples like the ancient Babylonians. The resource presents the concept of Pythagorean Triples. It provides the system of equations the Babylonians used to calculate Pythagorean Triples more than 4,000 years ago. Pupils...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Introducing Polygons

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this polygons worksheet, students name the 6 different colored shapes, choose any 3 polygons to draw and color on a grid, while adding a right angled triangle and a rhombus.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Special Segments is a Triangle

For Students 10th
In this geometry activity, 10th graders examine the special segments that occur in a triangle.  The three page activity contains twenty-five problems.  Answers are not included. 
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Conics Introduction and Parabolas

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Where did conic sections get their name? The equation and graph of a parabola are developed from the definition of the conic section. Teacher examples on graphing the equation and writing an equation from the graph round out the plan.