Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Sail Problem (Parallel Lines & Segment Relationships)
In this activity, students will explore the proportional relationships involved in multiple parallel lines being cut by transversals. These relationships are approached through exploration of a sail design problem, where students are to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Draw Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Practice drawing parallel and perpendicular lines, line segments, and ray. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lines and Slope: Chameleon Graphing
Join Joan the chameleon in an exploration of lines and slope. You'll be drawing lines, calculating slope, using equations and more!
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Coordinate Geometry: Special Segments
The student will derive and use the slope and midpoint formulas to verify geometric relationship that include parallelism and perpendicularity of lines. Then, the student will determine an equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Parallel and Intersecting Lines: A Collision Course?
Students act as civil engineers developing safe railways as a way to strengthen their understanding of parallel and intersecting lines. Using pieces of yarn to visually represent line segments, students lay down "train tracks" on a...
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.
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Segments and Polygons
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews segments, parallel and perpendicular lines and then introduces polygons including quadrilaterals. It has many real world examples of shapes and includes Activote assessment.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Geometry Vocabulary Resources
A list of geometry definitions and a matching activity.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Finding the Intersection
In this Cyberchase video, Inez and Digit identify the location of the transformatron using their knowledge of parallel and intersecting lines.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Two Sightings, Different Information
Jackie and Matt are looking at the same object along two different lines, in this video segment from Cyberchase.
BBC
Bbc: Angles
You can pick up some valuable pointers on angles and lines here. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an on-line "Test Bite," and check your understanding.