Kentucky Department of Education

Overview:

Triangles may be of different size but still have the same shape.  This relationship is labeled “similarity.”  Similar triangles have equal angles and proportionate side lengths.  Trigonometry studies the relationship between angle measures and side proportions.

 

Discipline/Content Areas Included:

Ratios and Proportion

Similarity

Pythagorean Theorem

Trigonometric Ratios

 

Organizer:

How do we solve ratios and proportions?

How do we identify similar triangles?

What are the special right triangles?

What is Trigonometry?

 

Targeted Standards:

From Kentucky Learner Goals:

2.7     – Students understand number concepts and use numbers appropriately and accurately.

2.9 – Students understand space and dimensionality concepts and use them appropriately and accurately.

Program of Studies High School Geometry  bullets    443, 450, 454

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