Groups of 3 or 4 blended from Stiffler and Fowler’s classes
Students explored the various characteristics of special segments of triangles and their points of concurrency.
Students constructed the special segments of triangles using geometric tools based on definitions and the students’ prior algebra knowledge.
Algebra Skills needed for the activity:
- Calculate slope of lines as well as the slopes of perpendicular lines
- Midpoint Formula
- Distance Formula
- Writing equations of lines in slope-intercept and point-slope form
- Solve systems of equations