...The relationship between the angles of a triangles and the sides of the triangle is explored as the sine of the angle, the cosine, and the tangent. The reciprocals of those relationships are learned as well as how those ratios look on a unit circle whose radius is one. The "laws" of the trigonometric relationships can be used to solve problems more simply that using other means. (read more)
...I spent 9 years there, teaching a variety of subjects, including 7th grade math, 8th grade math, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Physical Science, Conceptual Physics, and Physics. Following that time, I left teaching to pursue a different career, only to come back at the height of the pandemic in ... (read more)