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Geometry: Lesson 8

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the finding of angles that are found in different two dimensional figures. They compare and contrast exterior and interior angles while also determining the unknown measures of...
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Boomerang

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the concept of boomerangs. For this boomerang lesson, students throw homemade boomerangs at different angles to record maximum distance and if it returned or not. Students collect their boomerang data then create a...
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Similar Triangles in Circle-Secant (or Circle-Secant-Tangent) Diagrams

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
First angle measures, now segment lengths. High schoolers first measure segments formed by secants that intersect interior to a circle, secants that intersect exterior to a circle, and a secant and a tangent that intersect exterior to a...
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Angles and Parallel Lines

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders draw parallel and intersecting lines to observe and examine the characteristics of alternate interior angles, vertical angles, corresponding angles, and supplementary angles. Through observation, they discover the...
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Positive and Negative Angles and Arcs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
To better understand that the intersection point of two lines lies inside a circle, learners use their keen measurement skills. They discuss arcs, rays, tangent lines, and reflex angles. Then, they put their skills to work as they...
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Geometry for the Technologies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how to use various tools to measure and draw angles. With protractors, they classify angles according to angle measure, identify vertical angles, and perform angle additions. For their final project, students create...
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Geometry: Classifying Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students measure, construct, and classify angles as acute, right, straight, and obtuse. Once they have completed an angle worksheet, students use a map of South Carolina to locate cities by constructing the aforementioned angles.
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Exploring Angle Pair Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners investigate the relationship between angles of triangles. In this geometry lesson, students identify properties of right and non-right triangles. They differentiate between vertical and supplementary angles.
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Angle Action 1,2 and 3

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate angles through construction. In this geometry lesson, students use a protractor to identify the measurement of an angle. They identify angles cut by a transversal and two parallel lines.
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Angles Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students stud angles, and then play the "What's Your Angle?" game. They complete at least 10 computer generated problems from the Angles Applet.
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Find Someone Who........

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify, describe, and classify lines, line segments, rays, and angles. When given a diagram of a line, they classify the line as perpendicular, parallel, intersecting, vertical, horizontal, and/or diagonal.
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Angle Pairs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice identifying right, vertical, and adjacent angles using a Smartboard. They then determine measurements of all of the angles when only one measurement is given.
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Triangles Inscribed in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are you tired of answers without understanding? Learners can give a correct response, but do they really understand the concept? Have young mathematicians think deeper about linear functions, angles, and formulas in algebra....
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Study of Projectile Motion using Straw Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and launch their own rockets.  For this experimental lesson students launch their own rockets and record the various angles and distance that they go.  Each student has time to redesign their rocket and have a...
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Basic Geometric Constructions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of basic geometric constructions using the Triman Safety Compass. Using the compass, they draw circles, bisect a line segment, construct an angle, bisect an angle, copy an angle, and create...
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PROJECTILE MOTION

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure muzzle velocity, and predict range of a projectile device.  In this motion lesson students complete a lab and explain the outcomes of their experiments. 
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What's Your Latitude?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure the height of items using an astrolabe.  In this latitude instructional activity students construct a sextant and determine height and latitude with it. 
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Weather Tools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Earth science by participating in a weather identification activity. In this scientific instrument instructional activity, students identify several weather related tools such as the weather vane, thermometer and rain...
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Secants, Tangents and Arcs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students identify chords and angles. For this geometry lesson, students calculate the length of the chords inside and outside of-the circle. They differentiate between tangent and secant lines.
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Triangle Sum Theorem

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the theorems of angles and lines to prove triagle sum theorem. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders discuss the theorems of triangles and how it is used to solve for missing sides or angles. They review how two...
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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...
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Exploring Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars calculate the different ratios using a right triangle. In this trigonometry lesson, students identify the sine, cosine and tangent of each side. They find the missing angles using the different ratios.
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Let the North Star Tell You Where You Are

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars participate in activities in which they find the Big Dipper and locate the North Star in the night sky, examine the relationship between the angle to Polaris and latitude, and determine latitude by using an astrolabe.
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Measuring The Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use their geometry and trigonometry skills to determine the distance between their school and another school.