Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Al Battani
Find out about Al-Battani, Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician who introduced a number of trigonometric relations.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Unit Circle
Two hands-on lab activities for instructors to use when teaching about the coordinate graphs of the sine, cosine, and tangent functions derived from a unit circle. The graphs of the reciprocals of the three functions are investigated....
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Area of a Triangle and Parallelogram Using Trig
How can trigonometry be used to find the area of a triangle or parallelogram? Does the triangle need to be a right triangle, and how accurate can the results possibly be? The answers to these questions are found here along with several...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Measuring Distances Triangulation
Lesson plan which details how to have students determine the distance to an object by sighting it from two different locations and knowing the distance between these locations. As an advanced alternative, trigonometry can be used to...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Trigonometry: Trig Functions of an Acute Angle
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the trigonometric functions of acute angles within a right triangle. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Trigonometry: The Law of Sines
Work through an explanation of the law of sines, how it is used with an obtuse angle, and a proof of the law of sines. Great site for students studying trigonometry.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Solving Trig Equations
In this section we will discuss how to solve trig equations. The answers to the equations in this section will all be one of the "standard" angles that most students have memorized after a trig class. However, the process used here can...
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Solving Trigonometric Equations Part 2
In this section we will continue our discussion of solving trig equations when a calculator is needed to get the answer. The equations in this section tend to be a little trickier than the "normal" trig equation and are not always...
Cool Math
Coolmath: Geometry & Trig Reference
Math formulas, definitions, properties, diagrams and examples from Geometry and Trigonometry.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Trigonometry
Concepts in Trigonometry are explained and illustrated here by a member of the math department at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Other
Gcse Answers' Easy Start Trigonometry
Some basic questions dealing with everyday situations where trigonometry is needed to solve the problem. Click a button for the solutions.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Triangles and Trigonometry: Trigonometry
This lesson focuses on trigonometry including the trigonometric functions: sine, cosine, and tangent.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Pierre Simon Laplace Long Biography
Contains a long detailed biography of Pierre-Simon Laplace.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: History of Mathematics: Abraham De Moivre
This site contains biographical information and works of the mathematician Abraham DeMoivre.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Albert Girard
In trigonometry today, we use the abbreviations sin, cosine and tan. Girard was the first mathematician to use these abbreviations in his work.
Cengage Learning
Cengage: Inverse Trigonometric Functions [Pdf]
This site provides a presentation on inverse trigonometric functions. In the presentation students will learn to evaluate and graph the inverse sine function, other inverse trigonometric functions and the composition of trigonometric...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Amplitude of Sinusoidal Functions From Equation
Given the formula of a sinusoidal function, determine its amplitude. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra Ii: Construct Sinusoidal Functions
Given a few features of a sinusoidal function, find its formula. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Practical Algebra Lessons
Pre-Algebra and algebra lessons, from negative numbers through Pre-Calculus. Grouped by level of study. Lessons are practical in nature, informal in tone, and contain many worked examples and warnings about problem areas and probable...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Proving Trigonometric Identities
An "identity" is a tautology, an equation or statement that is always true, no matter what. Proving an identity is very different in concept from solving an equation. This resource demonstrates some useful techniques for proving...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Sine, Cosine, Tangent
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the sine, cosine, and tangent of right triangles.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Hyperbola Equations and the Focal Property
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn by exploring the focal property and graphing hyperbolas. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Hyperbolas and Asymptotes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn about the asymptotes of hyperbolas. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Exponential Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to analyze and graph exponential growth functions.