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Further trigonometry (Years 10 and10a)
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate and extend their content knowledge on the topic of trigonometry. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10, Year 10A |
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| Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
| Purpose | Content knowledge |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Keywords | trigonometry, ratio, sine, cosine, tangent, surd, explicit teaching |
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| Strand and focus | Geometry |
| Topics | Pythagoras and trigonometry |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG273
Establish the sine, cosine and area rules for any triangle and solve related problems
ACMMG274
Use the unit circle to define trigonometric functions, and graph them with and without the use of digital technologies
ACMMG276
Apply Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometry to solving three-dimensional problems in right-angled triangles
ACMMG275
Solve simple trigonometric equations
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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