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Studying Special Segments in Triangles

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners investigate special segments in triangles. In this geometry instructional activity, students graph, compare, estimate and predict findings based on their data. They differentiate between similarity and congruence of triangles.
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Geometric Lines: Parallel / Transversal / Perpendicular

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students in grade 7 and 8 work on outcomes related to spatial sense and geometric concepts, properties, and relationships. The lesson integrates technology and helps students be exposed to multimedia.
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Making Shapes

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders construct geometric figures using compasses and protractors.
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Lesson 5.3 Vocabulary Quiz: Concurrent Lines, Medians, & Altitudes

For Students 10th - 12th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match a given vocabulary word to the correct definition.  Words include such terms as altitude, centroid, circumcenter, circumscribed circle, inscribed circle, median and orthocenter.  This one-page...
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The Minimal Distance Point from the Vertices of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the distance from the vertex of a triangle to the center. In this geometry lesson, students find the shortest distance between a point and the vertex of a triangle. They relate this concept of distance to the real world.
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Exploring Centers of a Triangle: Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use problem solving skills, formal geometry, and The Geometer?s Sketchpad. They model and solve two real-world problems by constructing the in center and circumcenter of triangles.
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Math: Equal Area Triangles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine a math worksheet and determine how to divide a single triangle into four of equal area. Using geometric principles, they sketch two additional ways to divide into into four equal triangles. To conclude, students...
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Exploring Special Segments in Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover that four special segments have a common intersection point. They identify the position of the intersection point in triangles. They produce conjectures about areas of the divided triangles.
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Triangles with Collinear Circumcenters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the circumcenter of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students construct a perpendicular bisector using a straight edge and a compass. They differentiate between triangles and collinear points.
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The Relationship Between Slope and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 8th - 9th
In this perpendicular lines activity, students explore the relationship between perpendicular lines and slope in eight exercises and two worked examples.  The solutions are provided.
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Constructions of Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Pupils explore the difference between drawing and constructing a triangle utilizing The Geometer's Sketchpad on the computer. They create, develop and script constructions for both isosceles and equilateral triangles. Each student has to...
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Finding the Area of Triangles

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply the formula for finding the area of a triangle to various problems. They work real life problems for finding the area of a bathroom and the cost of tiling it. They play a game, Triangle Bingo, where they match...
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Plenty of Pythagoras

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Using a twelve foot knotted rope, students form a 3-4-5 right triangle. Following a discussion of observations about the lengths of the sides of the triangle, students use grid paper, scissors and a centimeter ruler to draw and measure...

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