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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Solving Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find guidelines to help you "solve" triangles, which means finding the value of missing sides and angles. Provided are examples of six scenarios in which you can solve a triangle's missing measurements, as well as relevant equations,...
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Trigonometric Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th
Sixteen problems cover a variety of topic of trigonometric ratios. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to check each...
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Sixteen problems present practice working with the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution"...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Calculate sine, cosine, and tangent functions using the sides of a right triangle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Derivation of the Triangle Area Formula

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determine an alternate formula for a triangle's area.
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Activity
BBC

Bbc: Radians and Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC provides a tutorial that explains how radians are related to degrees and demonstrates how to solve trig equations in radian units. Examples and a practice test are available.
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Sohcahtoa: Sine, Cosine, Tangent

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about the relationships between sine, consine, and tangent. The tutorial consists of notes, examples, and practice problems to check for comprehension.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Sine Function: Graph Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource consists of an activity that investigates the graph of the sine function.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sine and Cosine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of questions measures knowledge of amplitude, horizontal and vertical shift, and periods of sine and cosine graphs. Questions are multiple-choice and true/false; solutions are included.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sine and Cosine Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will help students identify the amplitude, period and shifts of graphs of sine and cosine using the TI-Navigator.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Alternate Formula for the Area of a Triangle

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An alternate formula for the area of a triangle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Product to Sum Formulas for Sine and Cosine

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examples of how to transform a product of trigonometric functions into a sum of trigonometric functions
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Sum to Product Formulas for Sine and Cosine

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examples of transforming a sum of trigonometric functions to a product of trigonometric functions.
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Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Sine

For Students 9th - 10th
MathWorld provides graphs of the sine function, both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional. Higher level mathematical applications given, including the hyperbolic sine function, representation of the sine function as an infinite sum as well as...
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Activity
Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Unit Circle and Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The free mathematics tutorial explores the unit circle and trigonometric functions. The tutorial consists of definitions and examples with solutions. The interactive applet allows students to investigate domain, range, and asymptotes of...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Unit Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two hands-on lab activities for instructors to use when teaching about the coordinate graphs of the sine, cosine, and tangent functions derived from a unit circle. The graphs of the reciprocals of the three functions are investigated....
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of a Triangle and Parallelogram Using Trig

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How can trigonometry be used to find the area of a triangle or parallelogram? Does the triangle need to be a right triangle, and how accurate can the results possibly be? The answers to these questions are found here along with several...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Period of Sinusoidal Functions From Graph

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given the graph of a sinusoidal function, determine its period. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Midline of Sinusoidal Functions From Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
Given the graph of a sinusoidal function, determine its midline equation. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Activity
University of Arizona

The University of Arizona: Modeling With Sinusoidal Functions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides several real-world application problems that can be solved using sinusoidal functions. Students are asked to sketch, model and solve the problems.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Trigonometric Functions and Their Graphs

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Explains the horizontal forms of trigonometric graphs by showing how they relate to the circular graphs.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Equations of Sine Curves

For Students 9th - 10th
This game will help students determine the coefficients of sine curves. Students must determine the A, B, C and D values for a randomly generated sine curve. This video describes the program:...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Mc Culley's Trig Thing

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of sine and cosine at different angles. A unit vector will cycle through different angles and students can see the changes that take place to the horizontal part and the vertical part...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Visualizing Sine Curves

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of sine curves. The hope is that students can relate properties of the ferris wheel to properties of the sine curve. The height of the center of the ferris wheel is their vertical...