Year 10 – the unit circle elective
This 8-lesson program of learning addresses content from the focus areas of Surds and Trigonometry.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2025.
Resources
The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore surds, exact values, the unit circle and graphing trigonometric functions.
This Year 10 unit is designed to be an elective unit to extend students who have completed the Core content within Stage 5. All lessons incorporate Path content and assume students are confident with related Core content.
Introduction
The unit circle elective – unit (DOCX 6.1 MB)
Lesson 1 – simplifying surds
Lesson 2 – rationalising the denominator
Rationalising the denominator (DOCX 5.9 MB)
Lesson 3 – exact ratios
Lesson 4 – special trigonometric relationships
- Special trigonometric relationships (DOCX 8.6 MB)
- Special trigonometric relationships – slide deck (PPTX 1.4 MB)