Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Special Angle Values: 30 60 90 and 45 45 90 Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains a simple pictorial way to remember basic reference angle values. Provides other memory aids for the values of trigonometric ratios for these "special" angle values, based on 30-60-90 triangles and 45-45-90 triangles.
Unit Plan
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive graph provides a demonstration to show how the measure of an angle is related to the sine and cosine waves. Topics covered include amplitude and period. Examples allow students to practice the concepts.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Exact Values for Inverse Sine, Cosine, and Tangent

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find all angles on the unit circle matching exact trig ratios. Resource includes examples, videos, and practice problems.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Period and Frequency

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Relating period and frequency for a sine or cosine graph with examples, practice problems, and vocabulary.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Trigonometric Identities and Equations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describe general forms and graphs for cosine and sine equations.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Clock Tower

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project resulted from the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher (pre-engineering), Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life...
Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Start Here! Ready to Dive Into Some More Math?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an overview of the activity: Young scholars are going to derive a powerful formula which will calculate where any point (x,y) (x, y) (x,y)left parenthesis, x, comma, y, right parenthesis goes afterrotation by an angle theta theta...
Website
Cool Math

Coolmath: Solving Trig Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
This CoolMath resource explains how to solve trigonometric equations
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Trigonometry Functions Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to trigonometry functions. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Cosine Law

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about the law of cosine with definitions, what is the law, and solved examples.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 4.8 Pythagorean Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section explores the Pythagorean Identity and how it applies to right triangles set inside unit circles, in terms of sine, cosine, and tangent functions.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 4.6 Transformations of Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore how changes to the equations of sine and cosine functions affect the graphs of the functions through transformations (stretches and shifts).
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 4.5 Graphing Sine and Cosine

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section explores the graphs of sine and cosine functions. It investigates how these graphs are related to coordinates for different angles in a unit circle.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 7.3 Sine and Cosine of Complementary Angles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the sine and cosine of complementary angles.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 7.2 Sine and Cosine Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover sine and cosine ratios in trigonometric ratios.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Cosine (Cos) Function Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete reference guide to the cosine function in trigonometry. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Quadrants and Angles

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains how to model angles in the x,y-plane, and demonstrates how to extend the concept of trig ratios to angles larger than 90 degrees.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Trigonometric Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists the basic trigonometric identities, and specifies the set of trig identities to keep track of, as being the most useful ones for calculus.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: The Unit Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Relates the unit circle to the method for finding trig ratios in any of the four quadrants. Demonstrates how the unit circle might be useful.
Activity
Curated OER

Zona Land: Overlapped Graph of the Six Trig Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An overview of the six trig functions and their graphs. The site is a little difficult to navigate but is good for finding a graph of a trig function.
Activity
Math2

Math2: Trigonometric Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Sketches of the graphs of the 12 "parent," trigonometry functions are given: sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, cotangent, arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, arcsecant, arccosecant, and arccotangent.
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Math2

Math2.org: Trigonometry Tables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Three trig tables are provided for student and teacher reference. The first table lists the sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent values of all whole-number angles from 0 to 90. The radian equivalent (to four decimals)...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a listing of the trigonometric functions and their inverses. Their notation is also addressed along with links to each of the fundamental trigonometric functions.
Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from MathWorld.com is a site full of links to very extensive documentation on the trigonometric functions.