Thwack Attack

Students investigate the relationships in trigonometric ratios generated by the side lengths of similar right triangles.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 9th - 12th Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today’s Goals • Investigate relationships between and among similar right triangles, their side lengths, and their ratios. • Explain how knowing one acute angle of a right triangle determines all the ratios of sides of that triangle. (Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening) Additional Materials Right Triangle Ratio Table Sheet, one per student; scientific calculators