Starship Euclidean - Pythagorean Theorem
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Learn the Pythagoras Theorem while exploring space, meeting aliens, and fighting space pirates!
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Play through this interactive game to learn about Pythagorean Theorem on a Coordinate Graph. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.
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Before the Game
What does an exponent of 2 mean? How do you find the square root of a number? How do you determine if a triangle is a right triangle? Which side of a right triangle is the hypotenuse? What does the Pythagorean Theorem help us to learn?
After the Game
Why could you ignore the negative sign when subtracting the coordinates resulted in a negative number? How can you find the distance between two points using Pythagorean theorem? How do you find the length of a leg when given the length of the hypotenuse and the other leg? How did we manipulate the Pythagorean Theorem when we were given the length of the hypotenuse? How did we use the coordinates of two points in space to get the length of the sides of the triangle?
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