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Right-angled triangles inquiry
This prompt will guide students to make a connection between Pythagoras and trigonometrical ratios. This can build the students' conceptual understanding of what a trigonometrical ratio is. The resource includes classroom examples, teacher notes and guided questions.
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| Year level(s) | Year 9 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | right-angled triangle, Pythagoras, trigonometry, ratio, similar, scale factor |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement, Geometry, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Pythagoras and trigonometry |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG222
Investigate Pythagoras’ Theorem and its application to solving simple problems involving right angled triangles
ACMMG223
Use similarity to investigate the constancy of the sine, cosine and tangent ratios for a given angle in right-angled triangles
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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