Trig Jeopardy

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Objective

SWBAT solve right triangle and oblique triangle problems to win the game!

Big Idea

Student teams get very competitive as they fight to be the winners of Trig Jeopardy.

Lesson Author

Tiffany Dawdy

Phoenix, AZ

Grade Level

Twelfth grade

Subjects

Math

law of sines

Law of Cosines

Trigonometry

Pythagorean Theroem

Standards

HSF-TF.B.7

(+) Use inverse functions to solve trigonometric equations that arise in modeling contexts; evaluate the solutions using technology, and interpret them in terms of the context.★

HSG-SRT.C.8

Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.*

HSG-SRT.D.10

(+) Prove the Laws of Sines and Cosines and use them to solve problems.

HSG-SRT.D.11

(+) Understand and apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to find unknown measurements in right and non-right triangles (e.g., surveying problems, resultant forces).

MP1

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

MP2

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

MP3

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

MP4

Model with mathematics.

MP5

Use appropriate tools strategically.

MP6

Attend to precision.

Set-up and Rules

5 minutes

Game Time: Jeopardy!

45 minutes

This Jeopardy game, Fundamentals of Trig Jeopardy.flipchart, is best played using the AcitveInspire Software. Even if you do not have personal response systems it is recommend that you have this software installed to make the game work properly.

But here is a PDF copy to view the problems: Fundamentals of Trig Jeopardy.pdf

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