Exploring Geometry: Unraveling the Mystery of Triangle Angles

Exploring Geometry: Unraveling the Mystery of Triangle Angles

Learning Objective

Understand the hypothesis that the sum of interior angles of a triangle is 180 and apply it using manipulatives and VARK-based learning.

What do you already know about the interior angles of a triangle?

VARK Learning Styles

Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, Kinesthetic (VARK) - identify your learning style.

Hypothesizing

Discuss and form hypotheses about the sum of interior angles in a triangle.

Manipulatives Exploration

Use manipulatives to physically explore and measure the angles of a triangle.

Sum of Angles

Calculate and verify the sum of interior angles in various triangles.

Interactive Experiment

Engage in an interactive experiment to demonstrate the sum of angles in a triangle.

VARK Application

Apply VARK learning styles to reinforce understanding of triangle angles.

Summing Up

Review key concepts and summarize the lesson's findings.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.