What's my angle?!

It was a very productive day in math 157. We continued to discuss the different types of triangles and what defines them. First, our instructor passed out a piece of construction paper to each student, a ruler, and scissors. Then, she asked us each to draw and then cut out a triangle of our choosing. After five minutes or so, she asked us questions such as, "If you made an obtuse/scalene triangle hold it up," or " if you made an acute/equilateral hold it up." I think this was a great activity for the simple fact that it gave us practice and I think it would be a great activity do to in the classroom with young children because it gives them an opportunity to be hands on! Next, we discussed parallel lines cut by a transversal.This was an in class activity that we would be able to mirror in our own classrooms in the future. All we needed was a small piece of patty paper, a straight edge, a protractor, a pencil, and the worksheet that was provided for us. First, we took our patty paper and drew two parallel lines with a transversal going through them. After that, we numbered our angles 1-8 and listed the ones that were equal to angle one. Next, we wrote whether or not each angle was corresponding, alternate interior, alternate exterior, or vertical.Then, we continued to do this for each angle. Our finished product was this.

Lastly, we were shown that by finding the measurement of one angle, you can find the measurements of all the other angles.