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Worksheet
Curated OER

Segment Exercises

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this segments worksheet, students draw a figure for each problem where line segments intersect at a certain point and label each line and intersection. Students complete 3 problems total.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Segments That Meet at Right Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can segments be considered perpendicular if they don't intersect? Learners look at nonintersecting segments on the coordinate plane and make conclusions about the lines that contain those segments. They determine if they are...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Dividing Segments Proportionately

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Fractions, ratios, and proportions: what do they have to do with segments? Scholars discover the midpoint formula through coordinate geometry. Next, they expand on the formula to apply it to dividing the segment into different ratios and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Tangent Segments

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's so special about tangents? Learners first explore how if a circle is tangent to both rays of an angle, then its center is on the angle bisector. They then complete a set of exercises designed to explore further properties and...
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Lesson Plan
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Illustrative Mathematics

Shortest Line Segment from a Point P to a Line L

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
One of the hardest skills for many young geometers to grasp is to move beyond just declaring obvious things true, and really returning to fundamental principles for proof. This brief exercise stretches those proving muscles as the class...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry - Segment Exercises

For Students 3rd
In this geometry worksheet, 3rd graders complete 5 exercises with line segments. They name segment that are shown in figure, compare the lengths of segments, name intersections, and tell alternate ways of naming segments.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Gradients of Parallel Line Segments

For Students 7th - 10th
In this gradient instructional activity, students draw line segments and determine if they are parallel. They plot points on a coordinate plane and calculate the gradient of each created line. This five-page instructional activity...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Six Exercise Sets on Transformations

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Middle and high schoolers solve fifteen problems from six exercise sets covering transformations, reflections, rotations, and enlargements. The solutions are provided.
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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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry - Segment Exercises

For Students 3rd
In this geometry worksheet, 3rd graders draw the figure that is describe in each sentence. They use line segments and points as they draw or label each figure.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Equations for Lines Using Normal Segments

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Describing a line using an algebraic equation is an essential skill in mathematics. The previous lesson in the series challenged learners to determine if segments are perpendicular with a formula. Now they use the formula to determine...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic Compass and Ruler Construction: Line Segment

For Students 8th - 11th
In this construction worksheet, learners utilize a compass and a ruler to reconstruct a line segment and to combine two line segments together in 2 questions.
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Handout
McGraw Hill

Lines and Angles

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Why was the obtuse angle upset? Because it was never right! A valuable resource is loaded with background information on types of angles and lines. Learners review the characteristics of parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cyberbullying: Effects on Teens Across the Nation (Segment 3)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Free speech, privacy, and cyberbullying are the focus of a series of activities that prompt class members to engage in discussions about these interrelated topics. They view a segment from PBS’s series on bullying, read articles about...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

An Exercise in Creating a Scale Drawing

For Teachers 7th Standards
Design your dream classroom. The lesson plan contains an exercise to have teams create a scale drawing of their dream classroom. Pairs take the measurements of their classroom and furniture and create a scale factor for them. To finish...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fit For Life: Eat Smart and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the problem of obesity among teenagers. They view a video and discuss what could be done to avoid becoming overweight. They also explore the importance of exercise.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Special Segments in Triangles

For Students 10th
In this special segments in triangles instructional activity, 10th graders solve 6 various types of problems related to determining types of segments found in triangles. First, they find a segment if the line parallel is a median or an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Health: Overweight Youth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Investigate the primary causes for the increase in overweight youth and discover its impact on the health care system. After watching segments from the Bill Moyers Now program, your students develop campaigns to implement in school that...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Distance and Complex Numbers 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Classmates apply midpoint concepts by leapfrogging around the complex plane. The 12th lesson in a 32 segment unit, asks pupils to apply distances and midpoints in relationship to two complex numbers. The class develops a formula to find...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Families of Parallel Lines and the Circumference of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How do you fit a tape measure around the Earth? No need if you know a little geometry! Pupils begin by extending their understanding of the Side Splitter Theorem to a transversal cut by parallel lines. Once they identify the proportional...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Always, Sometimes, Never

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Do your learners always, sometimes, or never remember the properties of the segments in triangles? Get that number closer to always with a creative lesson analyzing all four segments. Scholars consider a statement about one of the...
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Worksheet
Purdue University

Sentence Fragments Exercise 2

For Students 5th - 9th
In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Midpoints and Segment Congruence

For Students 10th
In this midpoints and segment congruence learning exercise, 10th graders solve 16 various types of problems related to determining the midpoint and segment congruence in various situations. First, they use the given figure to determine...
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Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

For Students 4th
In this geometry learning exercise, 4th graders list the lines that are parallel or perpendicular to each other. Then they mark with one color the line segments that are parallel and another color those that are perpendicular.