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Name: Lorie Jane L. Letada Instructor: Dr. Elena Cecilia P. Delos Reyes, Ed. D
Methodology: Inductive Date: October 13, 2014

Similar Triangles
Subject Matter
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students can:
1. Investigate the properties of similar triangles using their prior knowledge of ratio
and proportion.
2. Solve carefully the value of x in the pair of triangles using the ratio and proportion.
3. Apply the use of similar triangles to a sight tool in order to measure the distance
between or height of any tall object like flag pole, trees and building.
II. Subject Content
Topic: Similar Triangles
Reference: E-math; Orlando A. Oronce pp.67-70
http://www.mathopenref.com/similartriangles.html;
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/gp11/Lsimilar.htm;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2ney3n0wY
Materials: whiteboard, marker, visual aid, video

III. Procedures
A. Preparation

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

-Good Afternoon Class! -Good Afternoon Ma’am!
-How’s your afternoon? -It’s fine!
-Oh! That’s good!
-But before we start, kindly pick up pieces - (Picking the trashes and arrange their
of paper under your chair and arrange it chair.)
properly.
-So, is everybody here? -Yes. Ma’am!
-Wow! Very good! Give yourself around of - (Clapping their hands.)
applause for a perfect attendance.
- Okay class, try to look outside. - (Looking outside)
-What do you see? -I see plants! Building! Sky! Flag pole!
Students! Food stool! Trees!
-(Raising their hands)
-Okay, don’t answer in chorus. Raise your
hand. -I see flag pole!
- Yes, Miss!
-Flag pole! Very good! -I see building!
-Yes, Mister.
-Building! Very good! -I see coconut trees!
-Yes, Miss!
-Coconut trees! Very good!
-So class, have you ever try to wonder how -Is it possible Ma’am?
we will going to find the height of that trees,
flag pole or building without climbing it? -Yes! (Answer in unison)
-Do you want to find out? - (Watching the video attentively.)
-Okay, let’s watch this video first and try to
determine how the man in the video (The video runs one minute and
measures the height of the tree without eighteen seconds.)
climbing it! -He used tape measure.
-Now, class, What do you think did the man -He used mirror.
do to measure the height of the tree? -He used himself.
-He used tape measure to find the
-Don’t answer me in chorus. Just raise your distance between the mirror and the
hand! Yes Miss! tree.

-Okay, he used tape measure to find the

distance between the mirror and the tree,
but how about the distance between him
and the mirror. Didn’t he find it using the
tape measure?
-So meaning to say?
-So what does it mean?
-He also used it.
- It is not only the tape measure
contributes in finding the height of the
tree.
-The man also contributes in finding the
height of the tree.

-Okay, that’s right, but I want specific

answer how the man found the height of the
tree without climbing it.
-Who have an idea?
-Okay, you’re almost there but I need the
-Ma’am, he used cross multiplication
method.
-Ma’am, he used ratio and proportion in
finding the height of the tree.
 specific one.

-Very Good! He used ratio and proportion in -Yes, Ma’am.

finding the height of the tree.
-Class, have you still remember our
previous lesson in ratio and proportion?
-So, why does it seem you forget it?
Anyway, the video you have watched is the
application of ratio and proportion, but
class, it is not only the ratio and proportion
contributes in finding the height of the tree.
There is still one and we will going to find
what it is.

B. Presentation

-Okay, class! Look at the two Looking on the board and observing the two pair
triangles on the board. of triangles.)

Ex: 1

ABC ˜ DEF
-What have you observed?
-Very good! Another one! -There is a small and big triangle.
-The side of the small triangle is twice the side
-Very good! So now, class, I have of the big triangle.
another example here and observe Ex: 2
this carefully.

-So, class, what have observed in

this equation?
 -Side DF over side AC is equal to side DE
over side AB.

-In finding the value of x, you will use ratio

-Very good and what does it trying to
and proportion.
tell us?
-So, in other word? -In two similar triangles, the big one and the
small one, when the height of big triangle is
missing, we can use the ratio and proportion.
-Okay, that’s a good idea! So class I
Example 3:
have another example here.

- Given the side of the small triangle,

find the value of h which is the height
to tennis ball to the ground.

-So class, who want to answer on

the board.

-Yes miss.

h/0.9 = 18/6

6h=0.9(18)
-Okay. Can you explain in your
classmate how did you get that 6h=16.2
answer?
h=16.2/6

h=2.7 m
-Very good! Everyone, give her a
round of applause.
(Student 1 explaining her answer.)
-So now guys, who can give me the
generalization of our topic. Can you
give one property of similar
triangles?
-Angles of two similar triangles are same
-Very good! Or in other word the
measurement.
corresponding angles are congruent.
Just like in the example no. 1, in
which <A=<D; <B = E; <C=<F.
-Okay, who can give me the other
 property of similar triangles? Yes,
Mister.
-Very good! Or in other word, the
corresponding sides are all in the
same proportion. -The sides of two similar triangles are in the
same proportion.

C. Application:

-So class, who want to answer the 1. 1.

problem on the board?

2.
(Students raising their hands and
answer the problem on the board.)

-So to those who are sitting kindly

answer the problem on your paper.
3.

Afterwards….

-Okay, kindly explain your answer.

(Students explain their answer.)

4.

-So class do you have any

question?

5.
IV. Testing/Evaluation

-Okay, kindly get your activity Using the properties of similar triangle, find the
notebook and answer the following. value of x.
1.
-No cheating please!

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.
V. Assignment
1. In an open field area, select an object whose height you cannot measure.
2. Lay a small mirror horizontally on the ground exactly 1 meter/yard in front of the
object.
3. Slowly walk backwards until you can just see the top of the object in the mirror.
Determine your distance from the mirror.
4. Measure the distance from the ground to your eye level.
5. Draw similar triangles representing this situation in the space below. Label the
diagram and indicate all known measurements with units.

So class this is the example illustration of your assignment.

Put this on a short bond paper and pass this on Monday so you have your weekends
to do the task. To those who want to watch the video again, this is the website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31qq1zoQVHY. Do you have any clarification?