Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Exploring Similarity and Congruence

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Begin by watching this captivating video showing how the concepts of similarity and congruence are found in road signs. Following the video [1:27], an interactive applet allows students to resize, flip, move and rotate triangles to...
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.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Trig Ratios Exploring Sine, Cosine and Tangent

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the Cabri Jr. App and the 83+/84+ calculators, students explore and calculate the various trig ratios. This is an easy construction but be sure to allow plenty of time for exploration and completion of the worksheet questions in...
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Other

North Carolina Su: Triangles, Circles, and Waves (Oh My!)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has a basic overview of trigonometry focusing on the trig functions, trig ratios, and the unit circle.
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.
Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Sine, Cosine, Tan & Reciprocals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The definitions of the six trig ratios are presented here, along with several examples of how to determine the ratios given 2 or more sides of a right triangle.
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trigonometry (Video Interactive)

For Students 6th - 9th
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how trigonometry is used in making sure that airplanes land safely at airports. The accompanying interactive component gives students practice in using trigonometric ratios, namely...
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concepts in Trigonometry are explained and illustrated here by a member of the math department at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trigonometric Ratios in Right Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to find the sine, cosine, and tangent of angles in right triangles.
Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Just about everything you need to know about trigonometry can be found here. Interactive examples and demonstrations help to enhance the lessons. Although not required, the tutorial uses Live Math and Scientific Notebook.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Inverses of Trigonometric Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You know that you can take side lengths and find trig ratios, and you know you can find trig ratios (in your calculator) for angles. What is missing is a way to go from the ratios back to the original angles. And that is what "inverse...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Advanced Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students describe, analyze, and reason angles being as small or as large as they can imagine. Using trigonometrical ratios, this is a fun exercise in understanding how to examine the perfect graph.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trigonometric Ratios in Right Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given the side lengths of a right triangle, find the sine, cosine, or tangent of one of the acute angles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.