Angles, Triangles, and Prisms

• 7.7 Unit Overview

• Pre-Unit

• 7.7 Readiness Check

• Section 1: Angle Relationships

  Students use facts about complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles to determine unknown angle measures.

• Pinwheels
• Friendly Angles
• Angle Diagrams
• Missing Measures

• Section 2: Drawing Triangles

  Students build and draw triangles given three measures of side lengths or angles, and then determine whether it is possible to draw one unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle with these measurements.

• Can You Build It?
• Is It Enough?
• More Than One?
• Can You Draw It?
• 7.7 Practice Day 1
• 7.7 Quiz

• Section 3: Solid Geometry

  Students solve problems involving the volume and surface area of right prisms. They also describe, compare, and contrast cross sections of prisms and pyramids.

• Slicing Solids
• Simple Prisms
• More Complicated Prisms
• Surface Area Strategies
• Popcorn Possibilities
• 7.7 Practice Day 2

• End-Unit

• 7.7 End Assessments
• Reflection and Synthesis

• Resources

• 7.7 Practice Sets
• 7.7 Cool-Downs