Right Triangles and Trigonometry: "Choose Your Own Journey" Book

Right Triangles & Trigonometry: Practice / Review

Online Google Slides version now included!

These books will help your students to practice applying right triangle concepts. Within the story are situations in which the reader must use Distance Formula / Pythagorean Theorem, Right Triangle Trigonometry, and Angles of Elevation and Depression. All work is done within the book.

Students make choices and head to the page that they are directed to. Students will have different results depending on their choice as the story continues. Your class will enjoy this format and get in a few great opportunities to practice the concepts and processes for finding missing measurements in right triangles.

The books are great as a review at the end of a right triangles unit. They are also wonderful for a substitute teacher day. The books are self-guided and can be done independently. The book is partially self-correcting, so teacher correcting and grading is very minimal. If students make choices that are not ideal, they are given an explanation to help them.

Take a look at the preview images for sample pages and assembly details.

Reviews from Other Teachers:

- My students LOVED this activity! It has been one of their favorite things we have done all year, and they said that it really helped them understand trig word problems much better!

- This is a very clever way to practice right triangle concepts. I love the way the students are able to choose different methods to solve problems (formula, graphing, etc).

- My students had a great time with this activity. I used it as part of a stations activity and they just did not want to leave the station so they could finish their story!

- Awesome for a sub plan! The kids found it very challenging, but attainable.

- Brilliant idea. Students found it challenging and satisfying. Thank you, there is no way I could clear the time to create one of these

- My students loved this project. I did have to provide a lot of extra support for my ELL learners who struggled with the amount of text, but overall, this was an engaging activity that was hands on and interactive!

- So much work went into making this resource. Thank you! My class loved it and were so excited about choosing their own path.

- My Geometry students loved this activity! It was a creative way to practice the trig we had learned. It also required them to think back to how to use previously learned material! Thanks so much!

- My kids really enjoyed this and it was a different way to review!

- Students thought it was fun. A good way to make trig a little more exciting!