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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Draw Rays, Lines, & Line Segments
Draw rays, lines, and line segments with given points. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Identify Points, Lines, Line Segments, Rays, and Angles
Recognize rays, lines, and line segments in geometric figures. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 10.6 Points That Partition Line Segments
Understand points that partition line segments.
Other
Nearpod: Points, Lines, Segments & Rays
In this lesson plan, young scholars will identify and draw lines, segments, rays, angles, and points.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: Measure Line Segments
Explores how to measure the length of a line segment through examples and a video lesson. [0:40]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Draw Rays, Lines, & Line Segments
Draw rays, lines, and line segments with given points.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 10.6 Points That Partition Line Segments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determine the formula for finding the coordinates of a point on a line segment.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Slope of a Line Segment
This interactive Java applet allows visualization of line segments and their slopes. The slope and how it is found is given for each line drawn by the user.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Midpoint of a Line Segment
Twenty problems present a variety of problems working with various aspects of finding the midpoint of a line segment. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Shortest Line Segment From a Point P to a Line L
For this task, students develop an understanding that the shortest path from a point to a line always meets the line at a right angle. Aligns with G-SRT.C.8.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Divide Line Segments
Figure out the coordinates of a point between two other points that give a certain ratio. For example, find a point C so that it is two-thirds of the way between point A and B. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Divide Line Segments
Figure out the coordinates of a point between two other points that give a certain ratio. For example, find a point C so that it is two thirds of the way between point A and B.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Lines, Line Segments and Rays
Brush up on your math skills pertaining to lines, line segments, and rays then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Midpoint of a Line Segment
Learn about the midpoint of a line segment with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and an interactive activity that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Points, Lines, Planes and Angles
Get independent practice identifying points, lines, rays, planes and angles. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Other
Git: What Is the Slope Intercept Form of a Line?
Not only does this site show what the slope-intercept form is, but it helps you find the slope and the intercept of a line. There is also additional information on parallel lines, parametric form, and the distance between two points.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Midpoint of a Line Segment.
Investigate finding the midpoint of a line segment and derive the formula for the midpoint of two points on a coordinate plane. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Segments Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide reviews how to measure the distance between two points and the Ruler Postulate. It also introduces congruency/congruent segments and midpoint.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Points and Lines
A complete reference guide to points, lines, and planes. It provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Two Points Determine a Line
In this video segment [2:10] from Cyberchase, Digit must make a straight line between the two points and then follow the path created.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Perspective Drawing
In this lesson, students use line segments, angles, and parallel and perpendicular lines in order to create a one point perspective drawing.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Points Equidistant From Two Points in the Plane
In this task, students are shown a line segment that is bisected at a right angle by a second line. They are asked to prove statements about this geometric construction. Includes a GeoGebra worksheet that can be used by the instructor to...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid and Geometry
Students make connections between the coordinate grid and Geometry by finding the distance of line segments using the coordinate plane. This instructional activity includes a detailed lesson plan, slides containing notes and problems,...