Physics Classroom
Kelper's Three Laws
A flipped classroom lesson introduces astrophysics fanatics to Kepler's three laws of planetary motion. After reading about the laws of ellipses, equal areas, and harmonies, and also learning how Newton's gravitation concepts come into...
Noyce Foundation
Pizza Crusts
Enough stuffed crust to go around. Pupils calculate the area and perimeter of a variety of pizza shapes, including rectangular and circular. Individuals design rectangular pizzas with a given area to maximize the amount of crust and do...
Curated OER
"Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson
Students create paper quilts of their own using the isometric grid that tessellates the plane or the fraction quilt square.
Math Mammoth
Ratios 1
In this ratios learning exercise, students complete several activities for ratios. Students enhance their understanding of ratios and percents.
Curated OER
What Shape am I?
Young scholars analyze characteristics of geometric shapes. They find shapes in their environment, and communicate why it is like the shape of their choice and not like another shape.
Curated OER
Properties of Parallelograms
Students identify different properties of parallelograms. For this geometry lesson, students complete problems that proves the theorems and properties of parallelograms. They graph the different shapes on paper.
Curated OER
Translations
Students perform translations on different polygons. In this geometry instructional activity, students create figures that will be used as an assessment to represent transformation. They perform hands on creation and relate it to the...
Curated OER
Flag Day Vocabulary
In this Flag Day themed ESL activity, learners will examine 20 Flag Day related vocabulary words and then match the words to their definitions.
Curated OER
Area of Parallelograms
Seventh graders review the process of finding the area of a rectangle and complete a couple of examples as a class. They discuss what a parallelogram is and what the formula would be for finding its area. They listen to an explanation...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Special Right Triangles 45, 45, 90
This Oswego City School District Regents Exam Prep tutorial shows two special formulas that are used to determined the measures of the legs of a 45-45-90 triangles. If you can't remember the formula, the tutorial gives you tips on other...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Special Right Triangles 30 60 90
This tutorial shows two special formulas that are used to determined the measures of the legs of 30-60-90 triangles. And if you can't remember the formula, the tutorial gives you tips on other methods you can use.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Two Special Triangles: Lesson 5
This lesson explains what 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 right triangles are and discusses their properties. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Two Special Triangles."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Two Special Triangles: Lesson 1
This lesson explains what 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 right triangles are and discusses their properties. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Two Special Triangles."
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Special Triangles 2
Using known facts about the unit circle and isosceles triangles together with the Pythagorean Theorem, students can derive the sine and cosine of special angles. Aligns with HSF-TF.A.3.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Right Triangle Trigonometry to Find the Area of Regular Polygons
This lesson will demonstrate how to use right triangle trigonometry and special right triangles (45-45-90 and 30-60-90) to find the area of triangles given the side lengths of the polygon. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Using Right...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 4.3 the Unit Circle
Activities in this lesson explore how to identify the coordinates where special right triangles intersect with the unit circle in all four quadrants, use both degrees and radians to identify angles, and explore angles of different sizes...