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Triangle Inequality Theorem Lesson Plan

This lesson plan allows students to explore and discover the Triangle Inequality Theorem through an interactive activity using manipulatives to represent triangle sides. The lesson is free to access but requires low-cost materials. It incorporates individual exploration, group work, and opportunities for students to explain their reasoning. The lesson helps students learn about the relationship between triangle side lengths and helps them master standards related to triangle properties and theorems.

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Triangle Inequality Theorem Lesson Plan

This lesson plan allows students to explore and discover the Triangle Inequality Theorem through an interactive activity using manipulatives to represent triangle sides. The lesson is free to access but requires low-cost materials. It incorporates individual exploration, group work, and opportunities for students to explain their reasoning. The lesson helps students learn about the relationship between triangle side lengths and helps them master standards related to triangle properties and theorems.

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Triangle Inequality Theorem Lesson Plan

Description of Resource: This lesson plan allows students to explore and discover the Triangle Inequality
Theorem. This lesson has an interactive component using physical manipulatives to assist students in
understanding the definition of a triangle in relation to sides.

Technical & Cost considerations: The lesson is free to access. The lesson does require materials in order to
perform the interactive aspect of the lesson; however, most can be obtained at little cost.

Evaluation
1. Learning Activity Types

 LA-Practice - practicing for fluency-


 LA-Present - (read or attend to) presentation of new content/ideas
o LA-Present-Demo - demonstration- Teacher will use demonstration before students investigate in
groups.
o LA-Present-Explain - explanation- Opportunity for teacher to go over the introduction of
concepts and identifying triangles. Students are asked to explain their results at the end of the
lesson.
 LA-Explore - exploring/investigating mathematical ideas- Exploring of triangles occur during the
interactive portion of the lesson. Students manipulate pipe cleaners representing sides of a triangle.
 LA-Apply - applying mathematics to problems and situations- Students use their results during their
exploration to formulate a pattern. Using the pattern formed and their own reasoning, students determine if
measurements of provided sides will form a triangle.
2. What mathematics is being learned?

Standards
Common Core State Standards – Mathematics

 CCSS.Math.Content.HSG.CO.C.10
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of interior angles of a triangle sum to 180
degrees; base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a
triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.
 CCSS.Math.Content.HSG.SRT.B.4
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorem include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other
two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.

Proficiency Strands

 conceptual understanding- Students use manipulative to explore the side lengths of triangles.
 strategic competence- Students begin by hypothesizing sides that can make triangles and they explore
with manipulative to determine patterns.
 adaptive reasoning- Students use logical thought to reflect and reason the definition of a triangle.

6. Additional Comments
I really liked that students got an opportunity to explore and determine patterns that are observed. This lesson does a
great job to incorporate individual work and allow collaboration during group work.

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