Middle School Resource: Right Triangle Side Squares by The Shodor Foundation
Middle School Resource
Right Triangle Side Squares by The Shodor Foundation
This interactive web-based resource helps students to visualize the Pythagorean Theorem. Students change the length of a side of a right triangle and, by doing so, they change the area of the squares adjoining each of the triangle’s sides.
Related NY State Academic Standards: 8.G.7, G-SRT.8, and MST3.7.G.6!
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