Teachers
Strand 2 - Senior Cycle
Teaching and Learning Plans
Document Title
Interactive T&L;: Introduction to Trigonometry
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
08 January 2013
Interactive T&L;: Trigonometric Functions
07 March 2014
Interactive T&L;: Introduction to Trigonometric Functions
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
11 April 2013
Interactive T&L;: The Unit Circle
Created by the Project Maths Development Team
08 January 2013
Introducing Radians (Zip File)
Developed by Teachers.
Suitable for Senior Cycle students.
09 August 2011
Exploring the Distance Formula. (Zip File)
Developed by Abbey Vocational School, Donegal.
Suitable for Junior and Senior Cycle students.
09 August 2011
The Theorem of Pythagoras
Developed by Wexford Vocational College, Wexford.
Suitable for Junior and Senior Cycle students.
09 August 2011
Enlargements.
Developed by Loreto Abbey Dalkey, Dublin.
Suitable for Junior and Senior Cycle students.
09 August 2011
Teaching/Teacher Materials
Document Title
Using Geostrips for synthetic Geometry
Power Point file (6Mb). This is a large file, teachers are advised to save it to their computer once it has been downloaded.
15 May 2013
Interactive Geometry Quiz
A free interactive Geometry quiz, take the quiz and see how high you can score.
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
09 May 2013
Theorems in your own words (LCHL)
Strand 2: Valuable revision document for theorems for Leaving Certificate Higher Level Students.
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
15 November 2010
Theorems in your own words (LCOL)
Strand 2: Valuable revision document for theorems for Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level Students.
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
15 November 2010
Theorem 7: The angle opposite the greater of two sides is greater than the angle opposite the lesser.
24 May 2010
Theorem 8: Two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third. (Student activity)
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
22 December 2009
Theorem 13: If two triangles are similar, then their sides are proportional, in order. (Student activity)
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
22 December 2009
Theorem 15: Converse of Pythagoras Theorem (Student activity)
22 December 2009
Theorem 21:
(i) The perpendicular from the centre to a chord bisects the chord.
(ii) The perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the centr
Theorem 21:
In this activity the students are guided through a route of discovery to an understanding of both sections of this theorem. After each section the students discovery is reinforced through class discussion.
27 November 2009
Teacher Handbooks
Document Title
Senior Cycle Handbook: Strands 1 -5 (Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level)
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
Note: Lesson 50 on page 61 of this document has been modified. "Combinations" are no longer required for Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level. See 2012 syllabus page 17 Strand 1.1 for further information.
10 March 2012
Senior Cycle Handbook: Strands 1-5 (Leaving Certificate Higher Level)
Created by the Project Maths Development Team.
Note: Pages 70 to 72 of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Handbook have been updated to include the following:
Drawing inferences from data, the concept of a hypothesis test, margin of error.
29 February 2012
Related Links
Information on how to use ICT in the Teaching & Learning for this strand
http://www.projectmaths.ie/geobra/
Animated Geometry website
http://www.teachnet.ie/tbrophy/ :
Geometry games and resources online
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/geometry.php:
Geometry Student Resources are a collection of free resources for students
studying and/or reviewing a course in high school geometry
http://mathbits.com/mathbits/studentresources/geometry/geometrystudent.htm :
Useful maths factsheet. Contains information on functions, trigonometry, graphing, calculus etc
http://www3.ul.ie/cemtl/factsheets.htm
Exploring Trigonometry for students
http://webpub.byu.net/snowdais/Internet%20Resources.htm :
Coordinate Geometry games for students
http://mrguay.blogspot.com/2007/08/games-to-help-in-coordinate-geometry.html
Video Lectures in Mathematics
Thie website contains of broad range of useful and interesting maths videos
http://pinterest.com/mathematicsprof/
