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9th grade trigonometry laboratories
Pythagorean Spiral Geometry Project
In a project combining high school geometry with creative design and art, students will discover connections between: Pythagorean Theorem, Special Right Triangles, Right Triangle Trigonometry, patterns, and design. This highly engaging project includes both a Pythagorean spiral creation and also requires students to show supporting math calculations to find hypotenuse lengths and central angle measures (SOH CAH TOA). This is always a favorite project of my students year after year!!A student s
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8th - 12th
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Ball Toss Projectile Motion Activity - On Level, Trig Based or AP Physics
This is an excellent activity to develop the mathematics of upwardly fired projectiles. It has low error, uses a free app for measuring motion and students must work as a team.Students work in groups of 4 to toss a tennis ball or similar item a horizontal distance of 4-6 meters between them and video capture the event. They then record the time data, measure the toss angle, calculate the vertical and horizontal components of motion and determine the resultant launch speed. It takes students 4
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9th - 12th
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Angle Launched Projectiles Lab Bundle
How does launch angle impact the range, hang time, and maximum height of a projectile?
Allow your students to investigate and explore angle launched projectiles with this Angle Launch Virtual Lab (which uses and online applet from PhET) and Nerf Launcher Lab (which uses Nerf guns).
Whether you use the online, face-to-face, or both versions of this lab, your students will observe and analyze how 2D vectors, component vectors, projectile motion, geometry, and trigonometry come into play for proj
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7th - 12th
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Vector Addition Interactive Lab
This lab offers a fun and interactive alternative to traditional vector addition introduction and practice. Students will have the opportunity to add vectors using the components method, on a large scale, by measuring larger magnitudes outside of the classroom.Students will work in groups to determine the resultant vector from a predetermined origin to a terminal point, by adding the horizontal and vertical components of several measured vectors (both magnitude and direction) using the Pythagore
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8th - 11th
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Zip Lining Slope Between to Points Lab Activity
Goal: understand slope conceptually and calculate slope through any two points.
How do you plan to make the ratio of rise to run hands on and visual for students? How about by asking them to create zip lines? In this activity students will work in teams to create fast and slow zip lines using fishing line, paper clips, and any toy you can hang from the clip. Students will experiment with the ratio of rise to run as they must use the entire piece of wire for every zip line run meaning the onl
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7th - 10th
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Printable Trigonometry Lab - SOHCAHTOA - For use with free Clinometer app
Are your students struggling with understanding basic trig functions? Are you looking for something simple that will both excite your students and strengthen their basic trig skills? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this "trig lab" will be perfect for you! Before starting this your students should be familiar with sin, cos and tangent and finding missing side lengths.
I created this lab knowing that most of my students have cell phones. In order to complete this lab you wi
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7th - 12th
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Transforming Sine & Cosine Graphs - Practice / Lesson / Worksheet
Help students learn how to graph all the transformations of the sine and cosine graphs using this interactive practice guide. The practice includes how to adjust the graph's period, amplitude, midline, phase shift and strategies for coming up with a proper scale for each tick mark on the x-axis. A comprehensive answer key is included in the packet along with some sample strategies to teach to students if needed. This lesson corresponds to AP Precalculus Sections 3-4, 3-5 and 3-6
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Transforming Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Secant, Cosecant, Cotangent BUNDLE
Right Triangle Trig, Trig Ratios, Trigonometry, Everyday Math, Hands-on Activity
This everyday math activity is perfect for teachers looking to inject some hands-on math into the classroom. Perfect for learning about right triangle trig, this activity allows students to apply what they’ve learned about trig ratios to find the height of an object and then verify it by checking the %error. This investigation allows students to connect their learning about trigonometry to the real world. Loads of fun and easy to setup with the templates and instructions provided.The File Includ
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9th - 12th
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How Tall is That Object? Trig Activity
Unlock the mysteries of trigonometry with our engaging, hands-on activity designed to bring math to life for your students! This innovative lesson plan offers students the unique opportunity to apply their trigonometry skills in real-world scenarios by finding the height of various objects located around the school, inside the classroom, or even outdoors. Through this activity, students will embark on an adventurous journey into the world of angles and measurements. They will construct a clinome
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9th - 12th
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Modeling the Business Cycle with Trig Functions: Activity and Data Set
In this lab, students analyze GDP data from five fictional countries. To complete the activity, students:-- create scatterplots of their data using desmos.com/calculator (or other graphing utility)-- use their data sets to compute the parameters of underlying sinusoidal functions and use Desmos to compare their estimates to the data sets-- interpret the parameters of their equations in context by describing how the economies of each country compare and contrast to each other.-- are challenged to
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9th - 12th
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Stellar Parallax Lab
Stellar parallax is the apparent shift of position of any nearby star (or other object) against the background of distant objects. Astronomers can calculate this shift and by using trigonometry, they can calculate the distance to that object. This lab will have your students calculating the distance to a makeshift star by using parallax angles. This file has a detailed handout that outlines this lab, cut-outs, and a detailed teacher's manual. Enjoy!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-ESS1-4
Water Balloon Launcher Lab
This lab is very fun and exciting! The bonus is you get to go outdoors. You will use a standard water balloon launcher to calculate the maximum height a balloon went after being launch as well as the velocity of the balloon. There are two parts to the lab. Part 1 involves collecting data and building a graph. Part 2 is calculating velocity and maximum height. ENJOY!!
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7th - 12th
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Modeling Tides with Trigonometric Functions
In this activity, students analyze data sets about water depth through the daily tidal cycle. While completing this activity, students:-- create scatterplots using desmos.com/calculator-- practice computing the parameters of sinusoidal functions and check their work by fitting an equation to the scatterplot-- interpret the meaning of different parameters in context-- determine how a verbal description of changes to the environment would impact parameter values-- introduce a new term to a basic s
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9th - 12th
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Trig - Law of Sines - PARTNER PAIRS
Partners will work on separate columns of problems that will result in the same answer to check each others' work.There is a set of 10 problems for each partner to complete. 6 problems are on finding missing sides and 4 problems are on finding missing angles.The RELAY RACE has some of these same problems. The RELAY has 32 different problems. This product has 20 problems.Posted: 11/5/14 so 50% off through 11/8/14
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7th - 11th
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GRAPHING DISTANCE & DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY
The following activity teaches how to determine the distance and displacement when an object is in motion. This is a good activity to reinforce following directions, graphing, vectors and trigonometry.
Answer Key Included
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9th - 12th
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Modeling Seasonal Daylight Length with Trig Functions
In this activity, students analyze data sets modeling hours of sunlight in three cities over the course of the year (Sydney, Juneau, and Washington D.C.) To complete the activity, students must:-- practice computing the parameters of sinusoidal functions and check their work by fitting an equation to the scatterplot-- use their equations to predict the hours of sunlight on specific days of the year-- use their graphs and equations to predict when pairs of cities will have the same amount of sunl
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9th - 12th
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Hands-On Right Triangle Trigonometry
After teaching students the lesson on right triangle Trigonometry, I take my students outside for this activity which is finding the height of the school flagpole by using right triangle trigonometry. My students make the Clinometers out of protractors, straws, string, and washers, then use them to find the angle of elevation from their line of sight to the top of the flagpole. This is a great hands on lesson that helps students understand what they are actually calculating in class!
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9th - 12th
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Centimeter Cube Pythagorean Theorem Investigation
This can be used as an introductory activity for the Pythagorean Theorem. Students use centimeter cubes to form the sides of triangles and then expand those sides to form squares. The goal is for students to develop the rule that the square of the two short sides equals the square of the long side of right triangles.
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8th - 12th
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Modeling Length of Daylight Hours with Trig Functions
In this activity, students analyze data sets modeling hours of sunlight in three cities over the course of the year (Sydney, Juneau, and Washington D.C.) To complete the activity, students must:-- practice computing the parameters of sinusoidal functions and check their work by fitting an equation to the scatterplot-- use their equations to predict the hours of sunlight on specific days of the year-- use their graphs and equations to predict when pairs of cities will have the same amount of sunl
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Modeling Seasonal Daylight Length with Trig Functions
Discovering Sine and Cosine Function Graphs
In this activity, students will use a linked Geogebra to explore the graphs of sine and cosine functions. They will manipulate the amplitude, the period, the phase shift, and the vertical shift parameters to determine how changing those parameters in the function affects its graph. They will reflect on how the algebra of the function relates to its geometry. They will then reflect upon what they have done by coming up with an equation for the period of the functions, exploring the sine/cosine
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Modeling Tides with Trig Functions
In this activity, students analyze data sets about water depth through the daily tidal cycle. While completing this activity, students:-- practice computing the parameters of sinusoidal functions and check their work by fitting an equation to the scatterplot-- interpret the meaning of different parameters in context-- determine how a verbal description of changes to the environment would impact parameter values-- introduce a new term to a basic sinusoidal function to incorporate changes in globa
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Modeling Tides with Trigonometric Functions
Trig Modeling and Pendulum Motion
In this activity, students:-- decompose the motion of a swinging pendulum into horizontal and vertical components-- use right triangle trig to construct pairs of theoretical equations describing the motion of a pendulum with given characteristics (string length, drop angle, etc.)-- use the regression features of desmos.com to compare their theoretical equations to observed data-- use regression analysis to discover which characteristics of a pendulum determine its period (spoiler alert: period i
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9th - 12th
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Parallax Measurements, and Determining the Distances and Heights of Objects
Embarking on an exploration into the realms of applied mathematics, this project uncovers how such mathematical principles can be utilized to determine the solar parallax of distant celestial bodies. The task set forth aims to expand students' understanding of mathematical applications within the context of real-world phenomena. By bridging the gap between abstract mathematical theory and tangible cosmic observations, the project aims to foster an appreciation for the interconnectedness of diffe
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6th - 12th
Triangle Inequality Theorem Inquiry
Allow students to discover triangle inequality theorem in an engaging, hands-on way. This activity uses spaghetti or a similar item as a manipulative for students to form triangles so they can make observations and find patterns. It is a great way to get students making their own conclusions about triangle sides.
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9th - 12th
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