Introduction
A football field is 100 yards long from goal line to goal line. Midfield is at the 50 yard line. If your team has the football on its own 40 yard line, what is the distance your team must travel to make a touchdown? We will learn more about segment distance in this lesson.
Go to the 2.02 Discussion: Distance to the Goal. Answer the question: If your team has the football on its own 40 yard line, what is the distance your team must travel to make a touchdown?
Post how you came up with your answer and how a penalty on the next play might affect the distance to the goal line. Then read the responses of two other classmates. Critique their answers, including pointing out mistakes or additional information to support their answer.
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Use segment addition.
- Derive the distance formula from the Pythagorean Theorem.
- Find the distance between two points.
Essential Questions
- How do properties of lines and angles relate to basic shapes?
- How can you find the lengths and midpoints of segments?
- How can you measure of angles?
- How can lines and angles be classified?
Enduring Understandings
- The distance between points on a line can be calculated with the distance formula.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Geometry with Data Analysis standards: 6b, 30 and Math 8 standards: 27.