Out of Seat Activities

There's a reason geometry has been taught around the world for thousands of years: it allows people to describe and model the real world in mathematical ways. Outdoor activities give students a chance to experience this.

Identifying Special Angles

Constructing a Copy of an Angle

Constructing a Perpendicular Bisector

Constructing an Equilateral Triangle

Congruent Triangles

Finding Heights with Shadows

Finding Heights with Mirrors

Finding Heights with Clinometers

Finding Angles with Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Finding Slopes with Angles and Finding Angles with Slopes

Using GPS to Acquire Coordinates (Latitude and Longitude)