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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

THE MEAN INDEX CARD

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students cut an index card to create three similar right triangles and explore the congruencies and proportions that exist. They investigate the properties of lines and concepts of congruency, similarity, tangency and symmetry of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Congruence in Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, learners identify and label triangles as being congruent or not. They use the SSS, ASA or SAS as their description. There are 18 questions with an answer key.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this shapes worksheet, students identify shapes according to sentences that describe them. Students identify 8 shapes, but have 14 to choose from.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Describe and Classify 2-D Shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this 2-D shapes worksheet, students match a set of descriptions to shapes given. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Polynominoes

For Students 10th
In this polynominoes worksheet, 10th graders solve 9 different problems relating to various types of polynominoes, such as triominoes and tetrominoes. First, they determine how many different types of triominoes they can locate and draw...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math is Beautiful

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore how geometry is used on the composition of artworks by artists from different cultures. This lesson is equally suited for a Math or Art classroom at the late-elementary or early-middle school level.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractals

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of fractals. For this fractal lesson, students use applets to explore Koch's Snowflake, Sierpinski's Triangle, and other fractals. Students develop these concepts through exploration and teacher guided...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why can't We Use SSA to Prove Triangles Congruent?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate triangles and congruences. For this geometry lesson, students differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning. They differentiate between similar and congruent triangles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Multicultural Holidays

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars create a cube exploring different holiday traditions. For this multicultural appreciation lesson, students research Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Kwanzaa holiday traditions. This lesson encourages the use of an individual...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Curveball vs. Fastball

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners graph the relationship between the release point and the final position of curveballs and fastballs thrown by both right and left handers given a constant speed, and explain the relationships illustrated by the graphs of data.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Angles and Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationships of angles formed when two parallel or non-parallel lines are cut by a transversal. This activity investigates the terms: Transversal, corresponding angles, alternate interior angles, alternate exterior...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Navigating Dc by Angles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use a map of Washington, DC, to travel to/from different tourist locations using vertical angles, corresponding angles, alternate interior angles, alternate exterior angles, same-side interior angles, and linear pairs.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Angles and Transversals Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This study guide on angles and transversals covers key terms, angle types formed by transversals, postulates and theorems about transversals, and how to prove if lines are parallel or perpendicular. It is available for download with free...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 6.3 Aa Triangle Similarity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If two triangles are similar, it means that all corresponding angle pairs are congruent and all corresponding sides are proportional. However, in order to be sure that two triangles are similar, you do not necessarily need to have...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 3.2 Asa and Aas Triangle Congruence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
See how triangles are congruent where all corresponding angle pairs and sides are the same.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Similar Figures Discovery Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students can use Cabri Jr. to discover two properties of similar triangles: corresponding angles are congruent and corresponding sides are proportional.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students learn and increase their knowledge about the angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Properties of Congruent Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to understand how congruence of triangles, defined in terms of rigid motions, relates to the corresponding sides and angles of triangles. Aligns with G-CO.B.7.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 3.4 Sss Triangle Congruence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover if two triangles are congruent it means that all corresponding angle pairs and all corresponding sides are congruent.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 13.3 Sas Triangle Congruence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
See how two triangles are congruent it means that all corresponding angle pairs and all corresponding sides are congruent.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Corresponding Parts: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will define the phrase corresponding parts (e.g. angles, sides, etc.). It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Corresponding Parts."
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 3.5 Applications of Congruent Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how two triangles are congruent if and only if their corresponding sides and corresponding angles are congruent.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 6.7 Applications of Similar Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how similar triangles have congruent corresponding angles and proportional corresponding sides.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Ballooning Inside the Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity Using the USATODAY infograph, "Ballooning inside the box", students will explore geometric relationships using similar triangles. Identifying triangles with two pairs of congruent angles to explore similarity properties...