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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Two Wheels and a Belt

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Geometry gets an engineering treatment in an exercise involving a belt wrapped around two wheels of different dimensions. Along with the wheels, this belt problem connects concepts of right triangles, tangent lines, arc length, and...
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Lesson Plan
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NASA

Launch Altitude Tracker

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Using PVC pipe and aquarium tubing, build an altitude tracker. Pupils then use the altitude tracker, along with a tangent table, to calculate the altitude of a launched rocket using the included data collection sheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tangent Properties

For Students 10th - 12th
In this pre-calculus worksheet, students solve for angles formed by a tangent line and a circle. There are 6 different worksheets containing 8-10 problems per sheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrals with Secant Powers of Secant Tangent

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders integrate trig functions with even powers. For this calculus lesson, 12th graders apply their knowledge of trig functions to help them integrate tangents and secants containing even exponents. They integrate the integrals...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hunter Fred's Quest for Dinner

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners solve problems using trigonometric functions, specifically a problem about a tree stand. Pupils try to maximize the distance of hunting sight given certain restrictions. They use the Pythagorean Theorem, sine, cosine, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Trinonometry to Find Angle Measures

For Students 10th - 12th
In this trigonometric ratios worksheet, students find the missing angle of 20 triangles by using sine, cosine and tangent ratios. Students compute the angle measurement of given ratios for six problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Precalculus Test Sections 5.1 - 5.2

For Students 10th - 12th
In this section activity, students simplify given addition and division problems containing ratios with sine, cosine, and tangent.  They factor problems and prove identities.  This two-page activity contains 12 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Pre-Calculus Test Chapter 5: Identities

For Students 10th - 12th
In this identities instructional activity, students match equivalent expressions containing sine, cosine, and tangent.  They solve equations, find intervals, and determine all solutions to an interval.  Students prove given identities. ...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Tangent Ratio

For Students 10th - 11th
In this geometry worksheet, students have to calculate the tangent ratio, given the values of the sides of a triangle. Students should be familiar with basic trig functions. There is an answer key.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Segment Formulas Homework

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geometry learning exercise, students examine three different diagrams and apply the appropriate formulas to each of the following situations: two chords, a tangent and a secant, and two secants. There are 17 questions to solve...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrals with Odd Powers of Secant and Tangent

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss what integrals can be taken that involve secants and tangents. They use a list of ten samples, and discuss each of them. Students use trig substitution using trig identities (tan^2+1=sec^2x and tan^2x=sec^2x-1). They...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrals with Even Powers of Secant and Tangent

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students integrate integrals that involve even powers of tangents and secants. They work several problems that require the use of integration, and the identity tan^2x+1=sec^2x. Students use integration by parts for the first integral....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Does Your Field Measure Up

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students measure angles using a plane table kit. In this geometry instructional activity, students use trigonometric identities to find the values of the length of a football field.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Basic Trigonometric Limits: Evaluating Limits of tan(x)

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Chase a periodic moving limit. Learners graphically determine the limit of the tangent function at different input values. Using sliders, pupils find out whether the tangent function approaches the same value from the left and the right....
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Circles in Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Circles, and triangles, and tangents, oh my! In the assessment task, learners first answer questions leading to the radius of an inscribed circle for a given right triangle. They then use the result to independently determine the radius...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Absolute Versus Local Extrema

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Get the class to take an extreme look at functions. The interactive presents a function on a closed interval with a movable tangent line. Using the given function, pupils determine the extrema, critical points, and points of inflection. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
How can you determine the rate of change on a curve? Pupils use the interactive to discover what happens with the average rate of change as the point move closer to the other. Using the definition of the derivative, learners find that it...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Bicycle Chain

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Model a bicycle chain with circles and tangent lines. Given the dimensions of the sprocket wheels, young scholars calculate the length of the chain that surrounds them. A second task has learners write a function for the length of a...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

1999 AP® Calculus BC Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
Get a 20/20 view of the exam. Free-response questions from the 1999 Calculus BC exam provide an insight to the exams. Pupils review the questions to see how topics show up on the test. Topics range from particle motion along a function,...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Outward Bound

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Just how far can I see? The short assessment question uses the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance to the horizon from a given altitude. Scholars use the relationship of a tangent segment and the radius of a circle to find the...
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AP Test Prep
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Unit 2 Review: Differentiation

For Students 10th - 12th
Tie up everything in one differentiable bow. Pupils work through 20 problems to review the concepts from the unit. The problems range from finding the average rate of change to finding the derivatives of various functions that require...
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AP Test Prep14:45
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Implicit Differentiation

For Students 10th - 12th
It's implied that implicit differentiation is important. Viewers of an engaging video learn the process of implicit differentiation. After watching several examples, they see how to apply implicit differentiation to find the vertical and...
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AP Test Prep10:22
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Differentiating Inverse Functions

For Students 10th - 12th
Reverse any loss of knowledge on inverse functions. Individuals watch a video to learn about differentiating inverse functions. They memorize the rule, then see how to apply it in finding derivatives and determining equations of tangent...
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AP Test Prep
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC Unit 3 Review: Differentiation

For Students 10th - 12th
It's time to take stock of the class's knowledge of derivatives. Individuals review how to take the derivatives of composite, implicit, and inverse functions. They complete some problems involving the Chain Rule, implicit...

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