Lesson Plan: Equilateral Triangles
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to identify equilateral triangles by their equal side lengths or equal angle measures to find a missing side length, perimeter, or area.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- find missing side lengths of equilateral triangles,
- calculate perimeters of equilateral triangles,
- find missing angles in diagrams involving equilateral triangles,
- solve problems involving equilateral triangles.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the angle sum of a triangle,
- forming and solving equations.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- trigonometry.
