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Classify triangles
This GeoGebra applet interactive allows students to move the points of a triangle and observe the changes in angles and side lengths, and find out the names of the triangles formed.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Interactive |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | triangles |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7SP02
Classify triangles, quadrilaterals and other polygons according to their side and angle properties; identify and reason about relationships |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P4)
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| Organisation | GeoGebra |
| Copyright | © 2021 GeoGebra. Free-for-education material. |
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