9/9 8th Grade Period 6

Date: 9/9

Essential Question: how do I determine if triangles are similar?
Opening: Similarity vs. Congruence
Work Session: Similarity Scavenger Hunt
Closing: Ticket Out The Door

Vocabulary: similarity, interior angles,

Standard: Use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, about the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the angle-angle criterion for similarity of triangles.

Homework:

1. 2x + -13 = -3

2. -12.34 + 9.01

3. 40% of $23.14 

 http://www.universityacademy.org/gen/ua_generated_bin/documents/basic_module/Similarity%20worksheet.pdf 

 http://www.mathopenref.com/similartriangles.html

http://cherylvowell.com/WORKSHEETS/SIMILARITY/worksheetsimilartriangles.pdf

 http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/algebra/algebra1/algebra1_03/study_guide/pdfs/alg1_pssg_G088.pdf

 http://www.kutasoftware.com/FreeWorksheets/GeoWorksheets/7-Similar%20Triangles.pdf

 http://www.universityacademy.org/gen/ua_generated_bin/documents/basic_module/Similarity%20worksheet.pdf