Teacher guide reSolve: Pythagoras' Theorem - Phone finding

TLF ID M021843

This lesson challenges students to apply Pythagoras' Theorem to explore a practical real-world problem. Students explore technology reliant on mathematical concepts. The lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources such as spreadsheets. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Maths by Inquiry program.





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Educational value
  • This resource is extremely valuable for the year 9 and ten mathematics content descriptions about ratio and scale factors and Pythagoras' Theorem. Students are engaged in a range of activities to build their understanding of the application of Pythagoras' Theorem, including applying scale and ratio concepts to similar shapes and then identifying right angled triangles to apply Pythagoras' Theorem.
  • The resource is also valuable for supporting the Numeracy general capability. The lesson provides multiple opportunities for students to apply proportional reasoning to solve problems.
Year level

9

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  • © Australian Government Department of Education and Training 2018. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.