Angles: What's Good

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

4

Overview

Take the court with retired NBA star and current basketball analyst Kendall Gill to learn about the science of the perfect shot. We use angles every day—to build ramps and slides, steer a car, shoot basketballs, throw baseballs, and kick soccer balls. In fact, the science of angles is in almost every sport we play and every movement we make, so go out and play a game with your kids.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 4

MA19.4.24

Identify an angle as a geometric shape formed wherever two rays share a common endpoint.

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Vocabulary

  • Angle
  • Ray
  • Endpoint
  • Geometric shape
  • Vertex
  • Line
  • Point
  • Line segment

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Angles are geometric shapes formed when two rays share a common endpoint.
  • How to draw points, lines, line segments, and rays

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify an angle as two rays with a common endpoint.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • angles are geometric shapes made of two rays that are infinite in length and are measured with reference to a circle with its center at the common endpoint of the rays.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom
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