Curated OER
Investigating the properties of a circle
Students use wax paper to look at different properties of circles such as chords, tangent lines, inscribed angles, and inscribed angles in a semi-circle, as well as finding the center of the circle, and use GSP to investigate cyclic...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trig Ratios
Investigate the cosine, sine, and tangent ratios of trigonometry using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will use these ratios to determine a right triangle's unknown side or angle. Be sure to follow the link to the...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trigonometry (Video Interactive)
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how trigonometry is used in making sure that airplanes land safely at airports. The accompanying interactive component gives students practice in using trigonometric ratios, namely...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Wave Mathematics: Trigonometric Functions
Learn how to use trigonometric functions to study waves.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Exploring Similarity and Congruence
Begin by watching this captivating video showing how the concepts of similarity and congruence are found in road signs. Following the video [1:27], an interactive applet allows students to resize, flip, move and rotate triangles to...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Trigonometric Functions
Hotmath provides 24 practice problems relating to trigonometric functions. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their function.
Other
Achieve: Miniature Golf Design Task [Pdf]
In this task students are asked to combine numerous skills to create a miniature golf hole. Students create a scale drawing of the hole, calculate the area of the hole and determine the percentage of total area used. In addition,...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Cosine Function
Learn more about cosine functions by exploring unit circles, and angles, how to use them, and their various applications along with some solved examples and a few interactive questions to test your understanding.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Sine Law
This comprehensive guide explores the topic of sine law, by finding answers to questions like what is the law of sines, what are the applications of sine law, and proof of the sine law. Includes solved examples and practice questions.
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: 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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today When a Ruler Isn't Enough
This activity illustrates a real-life problem that uses trigonometry to solve for an unknown. students can use trigonometric ratios and inverse trigonometric relationships to determine the side of a triangle and the measure of the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Sin, Cos, and Tan of Right Triangles
In this activity, students explore a right angled triangle and its trigonometric concepts. They investigate the trigonometric ratios for the angles of the triangle.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Ratios in Right Triangles
The study of properties of right triangles is a major topic in mathematics. In this activity, you will investigate three common right triangle trigonometric ratios. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Basic Trigonometry
Students will define basic terms relating to trigonometry and use trigonometric ratios.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Activity Forestry
Forest industry professionals make measurements in their work using tools including the Clinometer and the Biltmore Stick. These tools are based on the concepts of similar triangles and trigonometric ratios in a right triangle. This...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Approximation of Pi Using an Area Model
Students will approximate pi by setting up trigonometric ratios and calculating the areas of regular polygons inscribed within and circumscribed about a circle.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Special Triangles Used in Trigonometry
The trigonometry tutorial investigates special triangles. The activity includes isosceles right triangles and 30-60-90 triangles. The examples show how to obtain the six trigonometric ratios of the special angles using special triangles.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Razones Trigonometricas De Angulos Obtuse
In Spanish. Learn how to calculate trigonometric ratios of angles greater than 90 degrees.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Quiz on Trigonometric Ratios in Right Triangles
The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of advanced mathematical concepts in Algebra II. The questions test students on trigonometric ratios in right triangles.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Pyramid Panic: Basic Shapes to Advanced Geometry
Guide a mummy safely through the burial chambers of a pyramid as you solve length and area problems in basic to advanced geometry. There are four game zones that deal with circles and triangles, quadrilaterals, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Trigonometric Ratios
Sixteen problems cover a variety of topic of trigonometric ratios. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to check each...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Inverse Trigonometric Ratios
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to use inverse trigonometric ratios to solve for missing angles in right triangles.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Trigonometric Ratios With a Calculator Grades 8 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use a calculator to find trigonometric ratios.