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"This sheet was very helpful in understanding the theorem. My students and I enjoyed completing the activity."
Shawanda B.
Description
Students use toothpicks (or straws, dry pasta, etc) to model triangles of various dimensions to discover the Triangle Inequality Theorem, a+b>c. This is a fully editable Word Document.
The focus of this activity is to determine if a triangle is possible given the side measurements. You may also want to briefly hint at what types of triangles are created (isosceles, equilateral, right) as a preview, especially for your advanced/curious students.
Each student or group will need 12 toothpicks to complete all of the shapes.
The focus of this activity is to determine if a triangle is possible given the side measurements. You may also want to briefly hint at what types of triangles are created (isosceles, equilateral, right) as a preview, especially for your advanced/curious students.
Each student or group will need 12 toothpicks to complete all of the shapes.
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45 minutes
What others say
"This sheet was very helpful in understanding the theorem. My students and I enjoyed completing the activity."
Shawanda B.
Description
Students use toothpicks (or straws, dry pasta, etc) to model triangles of various dimensions to discover the Triangle Inequality Theorem, a+b>c. This is a fully editable Word Document.
The focus of this activity is to determine if a triangle is possible given the side measurements. You may also want to briefly hint at what types of triangles are created (isosceles, equilateral, right) as a preview, especially for your advanced/curious students.
Each student or group will need 12 toothpicks to complete all of the shapes.
The focus of this activity is to determine if a triangle is possible given the side measurements. You may also want to briefly hint at what types of triangles are created (isosceles, equilateral, right) as a preview, especially for your advanced/curious students.
Each student or group will need 12 toothpicks to complete all of the shapes.
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This sheet was very helpful in understanding the theorem. My students and I enjoyed completing the activity.
My students really enjoyed this resource and I really appreciated that it was a word document so I could make some slight modifications for my use. I used straws instead of toothpicks, and added some questions to target the learning goal.
The students enjoyed it! Thanks!
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