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Parallel Lines, Transversals, and Angles: What’s the Connection?

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Streets, bridges, and intersections, oh my! Parallel lines and transversals are a present in the world around us. Learners begin by discovering the relationship of the angles formed by parallel lines and a transversal. They then apply these relationships to designing a street system in a town.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
parallel lines, parallel lines with a transversal, transversal, angles, supplementary angles, congruent angles
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Additional Tags
math
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Instructional Ideas
  • After the introductory lesson, use the resource as a project for learners to complete in collaborative groups
Classroom Considerations
  • The unit requires construction tools, graphing calculators, and geometric software such as Geogebra
Pros
  • Each lesson contains an opener and closing activity
  • Builds concepts through discovery and applies them to a real-life scenario
Cons
  • None
Common Core
HSG-CO.C.9