This is a song about right triangle trigonometry to the tune of "Shut-Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon. My students and I sing this during our Trigonometry Unit in geometry class. I also use it as a call and response when students get stuck and don't know what to do. My students have said it helps them remember on quizzes and tests. Music makes memory!

Here is the main chorus:

Don’t you dare quit now
It’s just trigonometry
My teacher did tell me
Make sure your calc’s in degree mode
When using trigonometry
She said oh oh oh
Use SOH-CAH-TOA

To use in your classroom, just search on YouTube for an instrumental version of "Shut-Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon. Print copies of these song lyrics for students to read (I use a half sheet). Then hit “play” and just sing along to the instrumental version. You don't have to be good at it, as long as you are confident and the students see you having fun, they will catch on and start singing, too.

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CCSSHSG-SRT.C.6

Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.

CCSSHSG-SRT.C.8

Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.

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