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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Base Angles of Isosceles Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Build confidence in proofs by proving a known property. Pupils explore two approaches to proving base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent: transformations and SAS. They then apply their understanding of the proof to more complex...
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Worksheet
Mt. San Antonio Collage

Isosceles Triangles and Special Line Segments

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Under which conditions can a triangle be classified as isosceles? High schoolers practice identifying isosceles triangles and special line segments, including angle bisectors, medians of triangles, and perpendicular bisectors of sides of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry Regents Questions: Isosceles Triangle Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this isosceles triangle worksheet, students solve 19 multiple choice and short answer problems.  Students use the isosceles triangle theorem to determine unknown angle measures.
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Handout
McGraw Hill

Triangles

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
After reviewing characteristics of seven types of triangles, young geometers discover how to find the missing angle of a triangle. Then, they practice identifying triangles, find missing angles, and find missing side lengths of similar...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Isosceles Triangle Theorem

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this geometry worksheet, students differentiate between isosceles and regular triangles. They calculate the area and perimeter of the triangle. There are eleven questions with an answer key.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the properties of an isosceles triangle. In this geometry lesson, students find the midpoint, median and angle bisector of a triangle. They construct angle bisectors and measure missing angles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate triangles. In this shapes geometry activity, students define and state the attributes for equilateral, scalene, and isosceles triangles. Students locate the prefix "tri" in a variety of words and make connections...
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Classifying Triangles

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Bring math and reading informational text together with a reading comprehension lesson. After kids read about isosceles, scalene, and equilateral triangles, they answer five comprehension questions to demonstrate how they can use context...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 10th
In this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 12 different problems that include various angles of triangles. First, they determine the measure of an exterior angle. Then, students determine the measure of any of the base angles of an...
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Identifying a Triangle by its Sides and Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Identify triangles by their angle measures and side lengths by looking at and measuring angle measures and side lengths. Use Cabri Jr. to construct various triangles, then manipulate the construction to create the 6 types of triangles,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 10th
In this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 23 various types of problems. First, they match the triangle description with the most specific name and write the letter on the line provided. Then, students classify the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Similarity and the Angle Bisector Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Identifying and verifying reproducible patterns in mathematics is an essential skill. Mathematicians identify the relationship of sides when an angle is bisected in a triangle. Once the pupils determine the relationship, they prove it to...
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Handout
Charleston School District

The Sum of Angles in a Triangle

For Students 8th Standards
An informative lesson contains a brief explanation of how the sum of the angles of a triangle is a line. The lesson continues with determining the missing angle in a triangle, or solving for a variable. Using the sum of the angles, the...
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Lesson Plan
National Security Agency

Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Building on young mathematicians' prior knowledge of three-sided shapes, this lesson series explores the defining characteristics of different types of triangles. Starting with a shared reading of the children's book The Greedy Triangle,...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Special Right Triangles and Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Right triangles are so special! Use special right triangles to discover the trigonometric ratios. Pairs construct special right triangles and find the values of the ratios of the sides. In the process, they discover the ratios stay the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles and Congruence

For Students 8th - 10th
Can your class construct triangles and determine congruence? Find out with this well put together worksheet. THey construct triangles to given specifications and identify if they are congruent. There are 3 muti-step problems to solve.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Greedy Triangle-Intro to Geometric Shapes

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
 In this geometry lesson plan, learners read The Greedy Triangle and use geoboards to construct geometric shapes. They identify the number of sides and angles each shape has.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Congruence Criteria for Triangles—ASA and SSS

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How do you know if a pair of triangles are congruent? Use the lesson to help class members become comfortable identifying the congruence criteria. They begin with an exploration of ASA and SSS criteria through transformations and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Triangle Congruency Proofs (part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Looking to challenge your students that have mastered basic triangle congruence proofs? A collection of proofs employ previously learned definitions, theorems, and properties. Pupils draw on their past experiences with proofs to...
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Circles in Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Challenge the class with inscribed circles in triangles. The assessment task requests class members use their knowledge of circles and right triangles to prove two triangles are congruent. They go on to utilize their knowledge of...
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Handout
Mt. San Antonio Collage

Congruent Triangles Applications

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Triangles are all about threes, and practicing proving postulates is a great way to get started. The first page of the worksheet provides a brief introduction of the different properties and postulates. The remaining pages contain...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Classifying Triangles

For Students 10th
In this classifying triangles activity, 10th graders solve 9 various problems that classify triangles into categories. First, they refer to the figure shown of an isosceles triangle with two line parallel. Then, students name the sides,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Isosceles Triangle Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve problems with isosceles triangles. For this geometry lesson, students identify and use the properties of triangles to solve their problems. They find the median, altitude, and angles to the triangles.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this triangles worksheet, students identify 3 triangles by the length of their sides and 3 triangles according to their internal angles.