Introduction

Angle relationships are all around us. Think about the different angles you can form by just raising your arm.

Consider the angles that football players have to use to figure out their play options.

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Identify vertical angles and linear pairs
  • Identify complementary and supplementary angles
  • Find missing angle measures in a diagram

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 mathematical relationship between angles can be used to solve geometry problems.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Geometry with Data Analysis standards: 30.