Summer Bridge

Pythagorean Theorem
technology project
  Only visit approved internet
sites.

 Never give our your

Safety personal information.
  Never meet up with someone
you have only been in touch
with online.

Don’t meet up  You’re safety could be in

jeopardy
  NEVER download links or apps
without your teacher’s
permission. You could put s
virus on your equipment and
Don’t accept networks at risk.
files
 Never click on links in emails as
well.
 Be skeptical and ask yourselves:

What type of domain does the URL come from

:
 Educational sites: look for .edu
 Government sites: look for .gov or .mil

Is it reliable? Who wrote the page?

 Look for the author or name of the
organization
 Look for links that say, “about us”,
“philosophy”, or “biography”
 LET ME KNOW!
If you encounter a site that is
Let me know! worrisome or inappropriate.
 1. NO YELLING, in other
words avoid typing in all
caps.
2. Be respectful of others’
Netiquette opinions.
3. Think before you type.
4. Be careful with humor and
sarcasm.
5. REMEMBER: nothing is
private online!
Cyberbullying

 Cyberbullying is bullying in a digital space, such as phones,

i-pads, and computers.
 It happens in texting, social media, online gaming and
more…
Devices
 You will be using our class set of i-pads in class
to do this project.
 Make sure all devices are plugged in at the end
of every day.
 Student  dddd
Responsibilities
 Fair use
(legal stuff)
Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without
permission from the copyright holder for purposes such as
criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship,
and teaching.
 REAL WORLD PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM
PROJECT
 May work in pairs or alone
 You will be designing 6 real world Pythagorean
Project Theorem problems

Overview  Create a Quizizz with your problems

 Must include answer explanations that show
how to work each of your problems.
 Pay attention to units and rounding.
 c
a

Review of
Pythagorean
b
Theorem
a and b are the legs of the triangle
c is the hypotenuse and the longest side of the
triangle.
 c

Solve for the 3

missing side

4
 c

Solve for the 12

missing side

16
 25

Solve for the x

missing side

20
 13

Solve for the 5

missing side

x
 1. DRAW A PICTURE! Just draw a basic
right triangle to begin.

2. Fill in the information for the right

Steps to solve triangle based off the information given
real world in the problem.
problems 3. Solve the problem using the
Pythagorean Theorem
 An oak tree is 12 feet tall and a bird is standing
on the ground 5 feet from the tree. If the bird
flies directly to the top of the tree. If the bird
flies directly to the top of the tree, how far will
it fly?
Real world
application
example
 After school, Michelle skateboards directly
from school to a game store to a skate park.
The game store is 6 miles south of the school
and the skate park is 8 miles east of the game
store. What is the straight-line distance
Real world between the school and the skate park?
application
example
 Rudy takes a sheet of paper and cuts from one
corner to the opposite corner, making 2
triangles. If the piece of paper is 12 inches long
and 9 inches wide, how long is the diagonal cut
that Rudy made?
Real world
application
example
 Two boats leave the same marina. One head
north, and the other heads east. After some
time, the northbound boat has traveled 12 miles,
and the eastbound boat has traveled 16 miles.
How far apart are the two boats?
Real world
application
example