Lesson Plan: Triangles on the Coordinate Plane
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find the vertices, side lengths, perimeter, and area of a triangle on the coordinate plane.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- find the vertices of a triangle on the coordinate plane,
- find the side lengths of a triangle on the coordinate plane,
- find the perimeter of a triangle on the coordinate plane,
- find the area of a triangle on the coordinate plane.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the Cartesian coordinate plane.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- trigonometry.