Angles Facts

I've e'er taught angles inwards parallel lines equally Fs, Cs too Zs, but I late discovered that pupils prefer to think of Fs, Us too Ns, which operate inwards precisely the same agency but may live on easier to retrieve because they acre the give-and-take FUN.

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Of course of written report there's yet the challenge of remembering the to a greater extent than formal descriptions that they volition remove to purpose inwards their GCSE examination (for event they are required to purpose the term 'corresponding angle' inwards their answers, instead of F-angle).  I advise that they think of 'FC' (football lodge - equally inwards Tottenham Hotspur FC) for F angles = corresponding angles.  I likewise advise they could retrieve that Z angles = alternate angles yesteryear thinking of the showtime too final letters of the alphabet. But this doesn't operate if I alter Z to N!  I'll bring to think of something else (or fifty-fifty better, learn them to come upwardly up amongst something).

Resources

There are loads of skillful resources for pedagogy this topic. Here are a few examples:

• I beloved the 'Spot the Angle' action from mathspad.co.uk. This website likewise has a cracking interactive Parallel Lines Tool.
• Teachitmaths.co.uk has a cracking angle carte du jour form activity and useful revision cards.
• Mark Horley has made a Basic Angle Properties activity.
• Missbrookesmaths.com has a prissy angles inwards parallel lines tick or trash activity.
• There are a position out of angle chases here - cheers to @MathedUp.
• Greatmathsteachingideas.com has a position out of lovely worksheets, activities too applets including Angles inwards Parallel Lines Colouring Fun and First Letter Prompts which gets pupils thinking virtually the language of their angle fact answers.
• This comprehensive booklet 'Introducing Angles' yesteryear Gareth Evans is helpful. 

There are loads to a greater extent than resources for this theme inwards my shape resources library. 

More Angle Facts

On a related note, here's only about tips for pedagogy to a greater extent than basic angle facts:

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Of course of written report there's yet the challenge of remembering the to a greater extent than formal descriptions that they volition remove to purpose inwards their GCSE examination (for event they are required to purpose the term 'corresponding angle' inwards their answers, instead of F-angle).  I advise that they think of 'FC' (football lodge - equally inwards Tottenham Hotspur FC) for F angles = corresponding angles.  I likewise advise they could retrieve that Z angles = alternate angles yesteryear thinking of the showtime too final letters of the alphabet. But this doesn't operate if I alter Z to N!  I'll bring to think of something else (or fifty-fifty better, learn them to come upwardly up amongst something).

Resources

There are loads of skillful resources for pedagogy this topic. Here are a few examples:

• I beloved the 'Spot the Angle' action from mathspad.co.uk. This website likewise has a cracking interactive Parallel Lines Tool.
• Teachitmaths.co.uk has a cracking angle carte du jour form activity and useful revision cards.
• Mark Horley has made a Basic Angle Properties activity.
• Missbrookesmaths.com has a prissy angles inwards parallel lines tick or trash activity.
• There are a position out of angle chases here - cheers to @MathedUp.
• Greatmathsteachingideas.com has a position out of lovely worksheets, activities too applets including Angles inwards Parallel Lines Colouring Fun and First Letter Prompts which gets pupils thinking virtually the language of their angle fact answers.
• This comprehensive booklet 'Introducing Angles' yesteryear Gareth Evans is helpful. 

There are loads to a greater extent than resources for this theme inwards my mathsisfun.com has a yoke to a greater extent than ideas - I similar their proposition that the C of the give-and-take complementary stands for 'corner' (ie a correct angle) too the southward inwards supplementary stands for 'straight' (ie 180 degrees on a at nowadays line).

Interestingly, the give-and-take complementary comes from Latin completum (meaning completed) because the correct angle is sentiment of equally a consummate angle.

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