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Trigonometric function
From the AMSI ‘The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES)' project. This module is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic trigonometric functions. There are sections on the content knowledge, exercises and examples on how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Content knowledge, Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | Angles, Angle, Tangent, Cosine, Sine, Unit circle, Quadrant, Coordinate plane |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Pythagoras and trigonometry |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10M03
Solve practical problems applying Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry of right-angled triangles, including problems involving direction and angles of elevation and depression |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Understanding units of measurement (P10) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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