Pythagoras and trigonometry: Year 8 – planning tool
This planning resource for Year 8 is for the topic of Pythagoras and trigonometry. Students are introduced to Pythagoras’ theorem to solve problems involving the side lengths of right-angled triangles.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8
- Purpose
- Planning Teaching resource Teaching strategies Student activities
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M8M06
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P7) Understanding units of measurement (P10) Multiplicative strategies (P9)
- Publisher
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Copyright
- © 2023 Commonwealth of Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated
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