Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Get Going With Rate
Explore the concepts of rate, distance, and speed in this interactive lesson. Discover how to use formulas to solve word problems and calculate salaries. A concise lesson with excellent examples, connections to real world experiences,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Distance Between Parallel Lines
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the distance between two parallel lines. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Distance Between Two Points
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students measure the distance between two points. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Distance Between Two Points
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this concept, students will learn how to measure distances using rulers and grids. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hurricane! Saving Lives With Reasoning & Computer Science
Students develop and apply the distance formula and an x-y coordinate plane on a hurricane tracking map, and then use a map scale to determine distance in miles. Then, using MATLAB computer science programming language, students help...
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Aw Chute Lesson Plan
Students will design and construct parachutes to determine the rate of descent using the distance formula. Printable instructional activity
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Start With Ti Navigator: Braking and Total Stopping Distances
This lesson is intended to introduce students' to Activity Center and is intended to help students develop an understanding of the formulas for braking distance and stopping distance for a variety of vehicles. Students will apply these...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Point Plane Distance
Find the distance between a point and a plane using the algebraic formula for the plane and the Cartesian points. This MathWorld page has a labeled diagram to help clarify the equation variables.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Speed Distance Time Calculator
Calculate speed, distance, or time using the formula d = st, distance equals speed times time. The Speed Distance Time Calculator can solve for the unknown sdt value given two known values
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Distance and Midpoint Formulas
Self checking using the attached LearningCheck .edc file. These six questions, maybe used for class warmup, review, or checking for understanding.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Length of a Line Segment (Distance)
Use the coordinate plane and Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of a line segment. Click on the "Topic Index" to find a related practice exercise and teacher resource.
Other
Karl's Calculus Tutor: Basic Algebra Concepts
This site is a comprehensive review of algebraic basics including equations, the distributive law, the equation of a straight line, quadratic equations, polynomials, the difference of squares, the Pythagorean distance formula, and...
Curated OER
Syracuse University: The Distance Formula
This Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, University of Syracuse page explains how the distance formula is used in the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and the Pythagorean Formula.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Plane
This site defines a plane in terms of geometric surfaces. Content includes formulas for a plane using the normal vector, how to find the x, y, and z intercepts of a plane, distance from the origin, point plane distance formula, dihedral...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rhombi
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rhombus in a coordinate plane.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Trapezoids: Lesson 3
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a trapezoid in a coordinate plane. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Coordinate...
Other
The Coordinate Plane: Graphs & Graphing Calculators
Site provides exercises for graphing on the coordinate plane including distance formula, midpoint formula, graphs of equations, and graphing using a calculator.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Parallelograms: Lesson 4
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram in a coordinate plane. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Coordinate...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
students can use the Pythagorean Theorem and distance formula to determine unknown measurements.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pyramid Height Exploration
This activity center is used to illustrate the difference between the slant height and the actual perpendicular height (of the given square pyramid) by the use of the distance formula.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Looking for Mr. Right Triangle
Navigator Activity: This is a review of the right triangle in the coordinate plane. Given two lines (2 really nice ones) the students write the equation of the 3rd line to create a right triangle. They find the vertices of the triangle...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Geometry
Practice using your graphing calculator for geometry problems, including the use of the Pythagorean Theorem and the distance formula. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Pythagorean Theorem Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide is an overview of the Pythagorean theorem and its converse, Pythagorean triples, and proving the distance formula.
Purple Math
Purplemath: "Distance" Word Problems
Demonstrates how to set up and solve 'distance' problems using 'distance equals rate times time'.