Angles of Elevation and Depression (8-4)

Objective: I will use knowledge of special right triangles to solve angle of elevation and depression problems. (G.5D)

Reflect:  You’re standing on the ground looking at the top of a skyscraper. What happens to the angle of elevation (the angle at your eye from the ground to the top of the skyscraper) as you walk towards the skyscraper?

Academic Vocabulary: Angle of Elevation, Angle of Depression, Opposite Side, Adjacent Side, Vertical Distance, Horizontal Distance, Line of Sight

Homework Due Today: Angles of Elevation and Depression (8-4) Notes

Homework Due Next Time:  Trigonometric Functions (8-2) Notes

Activities: Warm Up, Review Notes and then…                     (CLICK HERE FOR PACKET AND KEY)

• • Regular: Rationalizing Radicals, Angles of Elevation & Depression with Special Rights, Special Right Triangles Word Problems,

  • Pre-AP: Angles of Elevation & Depression with Special Rights, Special Right Triangles Word Problems, Setting Up Angle of Elevation Problems (Pre-AP only)

Part 2 of Homework Video