Curated OER
Access Ramp
Just about every public building that your students are familiar with has an access ramp which complies with ADA requirements. As it turns out, designing such a ramp is an excellent activity to incorporate slope, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
Curated OER
Finding the Area of an Equilateral Triangle
The problem seems simple: find the area of the equilateral triangle whose sides are each length 1. In fact, this same problem is solved in 8th grade, addressing a different Common Core standard, using the formula for area of a triangle...
Illustrative Mathematics
Satellite
Learners practice relating rules of trigonometry and properties of circles. With a few simplifying assumptions such as a perfectly round earth, young mathematicians calculate the lengths of various paths between satellite and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Two Wheels and a Belt
Geometry gets an engineering treatment in an exercise involving a belt wrapped around two wheels of different dimensions. Along with the wheels, this belt problem connects concepts of right triangles, tangent lines, arc length, and...
Education Development Center
Similar Triangles
Model geometric concepts through a hands-on approach. Learners apply similar triangle relationships to solve for an unknown side length. Before they find the solution, they describe the transformation to help identify corresponding sides.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Basic Trigonometry Love or Leave It!!
This activity has the teacher to create 3 triangles on Cabri Jr. on the TI-83 or TI-84. It will prove to students how trigonometry ratios are found. It will show to the students where the ratios are derived rather than just telling the...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Trigonometry
Concepts in Trigonometry are explained and illustrated here by a member of the math department at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploration of Trigonometry
Using TI Navigator, Cabri Jr and LearnCheck, students will explore how changing an angle in a triangle changes the ratio of the sides, and changing the sides can make changes an angle in a triangle. Students will then explore two...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Solving Problems Using Trigonometry
Solving real life problem using trig ratios. Example: Finding the angle of elevation or the angle of depression. Finding the angle between two lines. Finding equation of a line that passes through two points.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Trig Ratios Exploring Sine, Cosine and Tangent
Using the Cabri Jr. App and the 83+/84+ calculators, students explore and calculate the various trig ratios. This is an easy construction but be sure to allow plenty of time for exploration and completion of the worksheet questions in...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Trigonometric Functions
Just about everything you need to know about trigonometry can be found here. Interactive examples and demonstrations help to enhance the lessons. Although not required, the tutorial uses Live Math and Scientific Notebook.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Sine, Cosine, Tan & Reciprocals
The definitions of the six trig ratios are presented here, along with several examples of how to determine the ratios given 2 or more sides of a right triangle.
Other
North Carolina Su: Triangles, Circles, and Waves (Oh My!)
This site has a basic overview of trigonometry focusing on the trig functions, trig ratios, and the unit circle.
Windstream
Ojk's Pre Calculus Study Page: The Four Other Trig Functions
Trigonometry ratios and their signs are given in this explanation of the other trig functions. Graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant are given. Examples are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Investigating Special Trangles
This activity will help students visualize the construction of these special triangles and find the ratios of the sides. It will help students later when they being trigonometry. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Math Words
Math words.com: Trig Identities
This MathWords.com site lists the equations for all of the trigonometric identities.