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Handout
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Types of Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A labeled illustration of six different types of triangles.
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Unknown Type
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Pre Assessment

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students solve for missing angle measures by applying what they have learned about types of angles and the angle measures of polygons. Students do a pre-assessment at the end of the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tri, Tri, Tri Angle!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about different types of...
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Types of Triangles

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Explore the different types of triangles and other properties.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Equilateral Triangle Interior Angles Practice Problems: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will provide practice problems that involve solving for unknown angle and side measures of equilateral triangles. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Equilateral Triangle Interior Angles Practice Problems."
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Acute Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore acute triangles with this handy reference guide. Provides a detailed definition and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Geometry Online: Impossible Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an activity that displays several impossible triangles. The rules for triangles are also displayed. The student has to determine which rule has been violated for each impossible triangle.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Angle Bisectors in Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use interactive triangles to explore how a line bisects an angle. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to help students synthesize their knowledge of triangles where only two of the vertices have been given. They will need to know that a triangle inscribed in a circle, with a diameter of the circle as one side, is...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Problems Library Geometry Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a wealth of problems that deal with the basic definitions of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors or the defining characteristics of the different types of triangles. There are also...
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eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on polygons; a polygon is a closed, flat shape that has only straight sides. Polygons can have any number of sides and angles, but the sides cannot be curved.
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides definitions of different types of polygons and figures.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Polygons Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide focuses on polygons: convex vs concave, interior and exterior angles, and basic terminology for common polygons.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the definition and properties of a polygon. Then explore such topics as: 1) types of polygon 2) area 3) Perimeter 4) angles associated with polygons and 5) names of polygons.