Learning objective: Identify the angles formed by two lines and transversal.
Duration: 15 min
Material:
- Straws
- Glue
- Pencil
- Ruler
Activity Description:
- Divide your students into groups of four and provide each group with 24 straws. 6 straws per student.
- Ask students to use straws to model two parallel lines then use another straw to cut the two parallel straws
- Angles formed by a transversal form the figure shown using the same straws.=> Have students identify the transversal as the line that cuts the two parallel lines.=> Conclude that we obtained a set of angles.
- Introduce the terms
- Have students compete to locate the pairs angles on their models