Introduction
This webquest is designed to help you gain an understanding on the concepts of special right triangles of geomerty. In this webquest you will go through a series of websites that will teach you the basics to special right traingles and help you gain an understanding. These concepts will help you out in geometry and are essential in order to understand more complex equations. lets get started.
Task
Your task will be to make a power point with either yourself or a group chosen by your teacher. The powerpoint will have to cover all that you have learned and will be presented to the class at the appointed time that its due. You may have to answer some question in order to show that you understand these concepts.
Process
Alright all you need now is your computer and a calculator. I will give some websites and a few videos to help you on this presentation. This powerpoint will cover the basic two triangle equations that are needed and you will need to put in some preblems that you can work out in class with the crowd. You will need to show the importance of these equations by relating it to real world problems or by just showing its use in other types of geometry problems.
http://www.getgeometry.com/special-right-triangles.html
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algtrig/att2/ltri30.htm
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algtrig/att2/ltri45.htm
http://www.freemathhelp.com/triangle-30-60-90.html
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/identifying-the-45-45-90-degree-t…
Now these websites will teach a little something else that you need for special right traingles
http://www.mathsisfun.com/sine-cosine-tangent.html
http://zonalandeducation.com/mmts/trigonometryRealms/introduction/right…
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-inverse-sin-cos-tan.html
Now this video will give those who learn by hearing some help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVTtSE5nv7c
Now that you have learned at least the basics you will need to make a powerpoint presentation.
Heres something for templates-http://www.presentationmagazine.com/free_powerpoint_template.htm
Now you must begin working on the powerpoint and you must answer these basic questions to help your understanding
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algtrig/att2/PracSpecial.htm
Evaluation
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Organization | shows great organization by neatly categorizing the appropriate information into each cell. | Shows that the person is good at organizing for themselves but is a little difficult to understand by others. | The cells have somewhat of an organization and information are in wrong places | Everything looks like they put it together last period. |
| Grammar and spelling | Excellent use of vocabulary and language skills. May have been using | Average grammar and spelling with some slip ups here and there. | Common words are misspelled or misread and sentences don\'t make sense. | Using texting language and horrid sentence structure. Needs to acquire dictionary. |
| Knowledge | Shows superb understanding of the concepts of special right triangles. | Shows average skills in the concepts with the ability to preform well. | Having a hard time understanding the concept and trying to grasp the concept. | Little knowledge of the subject. Appears to have read the title screen only. |
| Presentational skills | Great speaking skills and eye contact with no signs of hesitation.Interaction with the crowd and question answering to immerse the students. Barely looks at the presentation. | Shows average speaking skills and hesitates a bit. Interacts with crowd.looks a little to much at the presentation than the crowd. | Stutters and cannot seem to keep a straight thought while presenting. gets off topic and reads off the board. | Monotone voice. no crowd interaction at all. Reads off the board and stutters and hesitates. |
Conclusion
I hope you have learned something and will use this knowledge to understand the whole concept of geometry and maybe lend a hand to someone else who needs a little bit of help. I made this webquest with the goal of helping students around the globe acheive a more complex understanding in the concepts of special right traingles.
Credits
Now a little bit about myself. I Am 15 years old and i got to Flagler Palm Coast High School, which is located in Florida and I am a sophmore student. I run and play all sorts of sports with only soccer as my favorite. I am Asian hispanic and get the best food from both worlds. So now I must tell you why I chose this topic. Basically it was the most familiar to me and IMO it was the easiest out of most of the things we learned in geometry.