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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify Triangles by Side Lengths

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice identifying triangles by their side-lengths as equilateral, isosceles, or scalene. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Handout
Geometry Help

Geometry Help: Isosceles Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains the basic concept of isosceles triangles with step-by-step instructions and methods for solving specific problems on your own relating to this topic.
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Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Isosceles Triangles on the Geoboard [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Students will learn about isosceles triangles. Materials needed include circular geoboards, rubber bands, circular geoboard paper and rulers.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Constructing Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity focuses on the various ways to construct the different types of triangles such as isosceles, equilateral, right, and right isosceles triangles. Students will begin by constructing triangles based on a minimal definition of...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Isosceles Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept will teach students the properties of isosceles triangles and how to apply them to different types of problems.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: List of Different Types of Geometric Shapes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A comprehensive list of 2D shapes and 3D solids with everything from a triangle to a dodecahedron. Includes illustrations and short descriptions of attributes for each.
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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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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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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Obtuse Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A reference guide to obtuse triangles. It provides a definition and interactive animated activity that enhances further explanation.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Area of an Equilateral Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the area of an equilateral triangle with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an internet activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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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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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: 2 D Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
Abeni works at the pyramids. Visit her and find out more about circles and triangles.
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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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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Similar Triangles to Make Indirect Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains why similar triangles can be used to make indirect measurements, and provides an example.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about the terminology and formulas associated with triangles. The learning resource consists of definitions, diagrams, and examples.
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Geometry: Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The geometry resource explores triangles. Descriptions, examples, and practice exercises are included.
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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to the different types of triangles and how to classify them.
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Saskatchewan provides an explanation of similar triangles, the Pythagorean theorem, and the distance between arbitrary points in a plane. Example problems for each of these concepts are provided.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Classifying Right Obtuse or Acute by Angle Measure

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to classify triangles based on angle measures.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to practice drawing and measuring triangles and angles. It also shows pictures and gives definitions of each type of angle and triangle.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Similarity Statement in Geometry With Examples

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Models how to write a similarity statement about different types of triangles and quadrilaterals.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Scalene, Isosceles, and Equilateral Triangles: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will define scalene, isosceles, and equilateral triangles. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Scalene, Isosceles, and Equilateral Triangles."
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Triangle Classification

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this applet to show how the placement of the third vertex of a triangle affects the classification of that triangle.

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