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High school trigonometry activities for Microsoft Word
Vector Treasure Hunt! Drawing Vectors Activity for Physics or Precalculus!
Ahoy, matey! Your students will have a blast practicing drawing vectors on this Vector Treasure Hunt! Students must follow written directions to draw vectors onto a treasure map. If they draw their vectors correctly, the students will find the buried treasure! Students will need to use a protractor and a ruler to draw their vectors. When they are finished, they will draw a "shortcut" on the map. This will be the resultant vector and show the displacement of the ship. Students will also ge
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8th - 11th
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Vector Addition "Road Trip" Lab Activity
Overview:In this activity, students will use both the tip-to-tail graphing method and the analytical components method of vector addition in order to determine the resultant displacement of two, cross-country, trips which each have three individual "legs."Materials:Ruler, Protractor, Pencil, Calculator, Handout
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10th - 12th
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Fireworks: Trigonometry Inquiry Project
In this inquiry-based project, students will learn how to use basic trigonometric functions such as cosine, tangent and sine to find the missing side distances and angles of a right-angle triangle.Students will explore how fireworks of varying heights will affect the viewing angle and line of sight for the viewing audience.Students will design their own fireworks show that will include 4 different colours of fireworks. Each firework choice has a differing explosion height, which will slightly ch
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Inquiry Based Learning: Trigonometry
Trigonometry Golf
I like to call this activity Putt-Putt-Geometry. It is 9 glorious holes of trigonometry application! This works great as a Trig unit project, end of year project, or test review (maybe 1 or 2 holes for review). The students can work in groups, pairs, or individuals. If your students are not proficient with Trig, or you have not covered it yet, each hole can be done using the Pythagorean Theorem instead - simply tweak the directions a bit. I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine do!
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Trigonometry Project
Students use a picture of themselves and create a trigonometry story, i.e. a word problem that pertains to their particular picture. This is a great application of SOH CAH TOA! I have included a sample of what the project could look like. The sample one isn't typed but it gives the overall objective of the project. Students can really let their creativity shine!
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9th - 12th
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Common Core Geometry Project (G.SRT.6 & G.SRT.8 Trigonometry in the Real World)
The problems and activities within this document are designed to assist students in achieving the following standards: G.SRT.6 & G.SRT.8 as well as the standards for mathematics practice and the literacy standards. They are also designed to help the teacher assess the students’ abilities when it comes to working with the ideas within the standards.
This document contains the following:
- project directions
- scoring rubric
- C.S.I. Application - "Help the Crime Scene Investigators" section
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Project and Rubric - Real World Math (The Pythagorean Theorem)
"In math class, you have learned about the Pythagorean Theorem. You have also seen examples of how the Pythagorean Theorem is used in ‘real life.’ For this task you will create your own “real life” Pythagorean Theorem word problem and model using the following steps..." Students will create and solve their own word problem, construct a 3D model of their scenario, and then write a reflection on their process and experience.
*Rubric is included.
*This project was created in collaboration with c
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7th - 10th
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Ferris Wheel Investigation - Discovering Sine and Cosine Graphs
This is generally aTWO-DAY investigation that the students do in small groups.The students use their knowledge of 30-60-90 triangles to come up with the values for sine and cosine within the context of a Ferris wheel. Extentions include discussion of co-terminal angles, unit circle, amplitude, period, and phase shift. Prerequisite knowledge: Special Right Triangles and Radian measure. I do this BEFORE discussing the unit circle and end up referring to this investigation throughout our discussion
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10th - 12th
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Unit Circle Project
Students will use their creativity to think outside of the box to create an artistic representation of the Unit Circle. My students loved this project! I also had the students create their own rubric to accompany the project. I found that students made the rubric more challenging than I would have.
Examples from my classroom are included to help spark creativity.
The file is a word document so that it can be edited to meet the needs of your classroom.
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9th - 12th
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Indirect Measurement Project: similar triangles, right triangle trigonometry
This is an outdoor project with 5 stations for students to acquire hands on experience with indirect measuring using different tools, right triangle trig, and similar triangles.
Station 1: The mirror method
Students use a mirror to create similar triangles and measure the height of a tall object.
Station 2: The clinometer method
Students use a clinometer and tangent to solve for the height of a tall object. Directions to make a quick, simple, and cheap clinometer are included.
Station 3: T
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9th - 12th
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Trigonometry Bell Ringers / Do Now / Warm Up (over 380 problems w/ Answer Key)
This packet contains over 380 bell ringer problems (AKA do nows or warm ups) for an entire Trigonometry course. Problems are broken up into sets of six (there are a few that are sets of three, but only a few) that can be done on a daily basis. Also contained in the document is a copy of the Bell Work Sheet on page three.
Students receive a Bell Work Sheet at the beginning of the week and do their work each day until they submit their sheet on Friday for the teacher to assess. Each day, the tea
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Law of Sines and Cosines Map Activity
Students apply the Law of Sines and Cosines by finding the distance or angles on the given map. Students draw triangles between 3 given cities. They then fill in given distances and/or angles between the cities and use the Law of Sines or Law of Cosines to solve for the missing angle or distance measure. I do this in groups depending on the level of the students.
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9th - 12th
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Labeling Right Triangles with Adjacent, Opposite & Hypotenuse
Label right triangles from the perspective of the indicated angle.
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7th - 12th
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Graphing and writing trigonometry equations of various Ferris Wheels
Explore graphing Sine functions using the real-life context of a Ferris Wheel. There are a total of six Ferris Wheels that allow students to get a feel for the cyclic Sine wave and writing equations to match the scenario. There is a seventh Ferris Wheel that I use as a quiz. An answer key is available, and I will send it to verified buyers via e-mail on request (woodchucker17@yahoo.com). Unfortunately, I cannot get a good PDF scan at this time.
You can modify them in different ways for differen
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10th - 12th
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Finding Angles from Trig Values Worksheet and Answers
Students will use their knowledge of trig ratios, special triangles, and quadrant positivity/negativity to determine which angles produce the given trig ratio.Check out my full courses and other trig resources too!Full course:Trigonometry Full Semester-Long Course (Notes, HW, Answers/Keys Included!)Precalculus Full Year Long Course: Notes, Homework, Reviews, AnswersMath Analysis Full Semester-Long Course (Answers/Keys Included!)Units:Trigonometry Unit 1 - Defining Trig Functions - Notes, Homewor
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9th - 12th
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12 Complex Diagrams with Missing Angles: Parallel Lines, Triangles, Circles
In this file, you will receive 12 complex diagrams (10 Parallel Lines/Triangles and 2 complex circle diagrams.) All diagrams can easily have missing values manipulated in MS Word. These diagrams can be given out as a single worksheet or pasted into your document. Diagrams could easily be screenshot/cropped and enlarged or minimized to fit your space. In the past, I have put these up on the whiteboard via projector and left them as a bellringer to be worked on in front of my classes. When ac
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6th - 12th
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PreCalculus Activity Pack
These are things I developed over the years for use in my own PreCalculus classes.
This file contains 36 pages of notes, problem sets, and activities for individual students and for groups. The topics include Linear, Quadratic, Exponential, and Sinusoidal Functions. There are also mathematical themes such as calculator use, mathematical modeling, equation solving, and literacy.
There are 14 individual and group activities, 8 problems sets of various length and complexity, and some pages of not
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Special Right Triangles - A Discovery Exercise
Students learn math concepts best when discovering mathematical patterns on their own rather than being told by the teacher. This activity is designed to have the students discover the relationships between the sides of 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 right triangles
Students will create and then measure the sides of each type of triangle.
Prerequisites
1. Students understand the basic concepts of triangles
2. Students have learned the basics of functions
3. Students are familiar with angles an
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9th - 12th
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Measure Objects Using Trig - Clinometer Activity
This guided worksheet is the perfect lesson for students to experience trigonometry around their schools! Students can use the compass app on their iphones to measure the angles of elevation to calculate heights of different objects around campus.
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9th - 12th
"How Tall is It" STEM Trig Project/Activity: Geometry, PreCal
Trigonometry Project! Get ready to take your math skills to new heights with our STEM Math Project/Activity! Students will have the chance to put their trigonometry knowledge to the test as they use sine, cosine, and tangent to determine the height of tall structures using a clinometer. This real-world application of right triangle trigonometry will have students engaged and excited as they venture outside (or inside) to measure the height of various objects. Whether it's a take-home project or
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9th - 11th
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Angry Birds Parabola Project
Understanding transformations on parabolas can be hard - but you know what isn't? Playing Angry Birds. Here, students are given a set of transformation rules and must apply them to the quadratic equation they created. With every rule, they will be able to see how the transformations affect the equations, vertices, zeros, foci, and directrix.
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10th - 11th
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Graphs of Cosecant, Secant, and Cotangent: Student Exploration
This is a Desmos-based exploration of the graphs of the reciprocal trig functions. Students need access to Desmos to complete the exploration as written.
The ability to graph y = asin(bx), y = acos(bx), and y = atan(bx) are prerequisite skills. Phase shifts and vertical shifts are explored but the objective of the exploration is sketch and analyze graphs of y = acscbx, y = asec(bx), and y = atan(bx).
The activity is completely student-based and could be done without teacher supervision. Six foll
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10th - 12th
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Algebra 2 PARCC Practice Test
This PARCC-style Algebra 2 cumulative test has multiple-choice, short-answer, multiple-response, and extended, constructed response questions that resemble standardized test questions aligned with the new CCSS. Includes answer key, explanations, standard-alignment, and Bloom's taxonomy depth-of-knowledge for each question. This is a great review for students to work on in teams leading up to their PARCC test or another challenging exam!
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9th - 11th
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Physics of Sport High School Science Independent Project
One of the best ways to teach physics and how it relates to the real world is through sports. Every sport utilizes multiple physics principles. For this project, students will choose a sport and study the physics principles involved.This lesson will motivate your High School students to apply their physics knowledge through their favorite sport. I have used this lesson for the students to add to it as they learn during the school year.Your students will have the choice of presenting their inform
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9th - 12th
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