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Printables
Embedded Math

The Unit Circle

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
You and your learners will enjoy having a nicely organized, typed up unit circle, all filled in with degrees and radians as well as cartesian coordinates. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Special Triangles and the Unit Circle

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Calculate exact trigonometric values using the angles of special right triangles. Beginning with a review of the unit circle and trigonometric functions, class members use their knowledge of special right triangles to find the value of...
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Flipped Math

Unit Circle and Radians

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Measure angles is easy as pi. Pupils review special right triangles to find exact values for trigonometric functions. Scholars learn about radians and how they connect to measurements in degrees. They find exact and approximate values of...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Unit Circle: Special Angles—Just Know One

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's all about the patterns! Young scholars learn that the unit circle repeats itself in all four quadrants. Using these patterns, they evaluate the sine, cosine, and tangent of special angles.
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Lesson Plan
Project Maths

The Unit Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It's not just any circle—it's the unit circle. The fourth lesson in the series is an introduction to the famous unit circle. While working through a series of activities, young scholars learn the components of the unit circle and how to...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Unit Circle: Medieval Castle Defense

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Who needs a plan — let trigonometry protect you! Pupils determine the angle of an approaching enemy to a village wall. The scholars determine the exact value of trigonometric functions for the angle. Class members use trigonometry to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Properties of Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Given a value of one trigonometric function, it is easy to determine others. Learners use the periodicity of trigonometric functions to develop properties. After studying the graphs of sine, cosine, and tangent, the lesson plan connects...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Trigonometric Functions and Angles of Rotation: The Triangle in the Circle

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Go around the unit circle and create triangles. Pupils move a point around the unit circles to visualize the triangle associated with the angle in standard position. The three main trigonometric functions are defined in terms of the legs...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Method for Remembering the Coordinates of the Points in the First Quadrant on the Unit Circle

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this Unit Circle worksheet, students explore a method to help remember the coordinates of the points in the first quadrant on the unit circle.  Answers are provided as well as a completed unit circle.
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Curated OER

Exercise Set 4.3: Unit Circle Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 12th
For this unit circle worksheet, students answer 90 short answer questions about the unit circle.  Kids sketch angles given a radian measure.  Students find the trigonometric values of various angles on the unit circle.
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Handout
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Curated OER

Trig Cheat Sheet

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Your pre-calculus learners will make use of this wonderful cheat sheet that summarizes all things trigonometric. Definitions based on both the unit circle and the right triangle are included, as well as many convenient trigonometric...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Trigonometric Functions of Angles Greater than 360 Degrees: Snowboarding

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Spin through the trigonometric functions. Scholars determine the angle of rotation a snowboarding snowman makes at various distances in his jump. The class members then calculate the values of trigonometric functions for those angles.
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 6: Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Create trigonometric functions from circles. The first lesson of the module begins by finding coordinates along a circular path created by a Ferris Wheel. As the lessons progress, pupils graph trigonometric functions and relate them to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

From Circle-ometry to Trigonometry

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Can you use triangles to create a circle? Learners develop the unit circle using right triangle trigonometry. They then use the unit circle to evaluate common sine and cosine values.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Six Trigonometric Functions and Radians: Degrees to Radians and Back Again!

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How do degrees relate to radians? The interactive allows pupils to manipulate the size of an angle in a unit circle to help see that relationship. Users determine the radian measure for given degree measures of angles, realizing the...
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Interactive
PHET

Trig Tour

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Unit circles and trigonometric graphs go hand in hand. Pupils see how traversing the unit circle allows for the creation of graphs for trigonometric functions. They also see trigonometric ratios in terms of the ordered pairs of points on...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Reference Angles and Angles in the Unit Circle: Exploring Reference Angles

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
A steal of a deal — get four angles for the value of one. An interactive resource allows individuals to visualize all four angles that have the same reference angle. Pupils answer questions by using the interactive to create the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Domain, Range, and Signs of Trigonometric Functions: Sine and Cosine

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Is there a relationship between the sign of sine and cosine and the angle on the unit circle? Scholars use an interactive to see the value of sine and cosine within different quadrants. they then use the information to determine the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Trigonometric Functions of Negative Angles

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
When is the trigonometric value of a negative angle the same as the positive angle? Pupils compare the values of trigonometric functions for different angles and their negatives. The interactive resource provides a visual display to make...
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Curated OER

Math Handbook: Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
You'll be spinning in unit circles once you read through this jumbo-sized resource of everything you need to know about trigonometry. Each page has color-coded examples with explicit directions that detail the problems and formulas. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Why Call It Tangent?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Discover the relationship between tangent lines and the tangent function. Class members develop the idea of the tangent function using the unit circle. They create tables of values and explore the domain, range, and end behavior of the...
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eBook
Schoolcraft College

Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This trigonometry textbook takes the learner from a basic understanding of angles and triangles through the use of polar coordinates on the complex plane. Written by a mathematician-engineer, examples and problems here are used to...
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Assessment
EngageNY

Algebra II Module 2: Mid-Module Assessment

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Time for classes to show what they've learned. Use several tasks to assess understanding of the trigonometric functions, unit circle, radians, and basic trigonometric identities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exercise Set 5.1: Trigonometric Functions of Real Numbers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this trig functions worksheet, students find the trig values of 46 problems.  Students find the trig values of various radian measures.  Students use trig properties to prove trig identities.