Name:____________________________________

Date:_______________

Period:________

Looking at Things From Different Angles:

Activity Guide
In front of you, you have some materials. You should have 3 straws and 8 chips (2 different colors,
4 of each color). Use this paper as a guide to model the angle relationships that we have been
discussing in class.
Part I: Fill in the blanks.
1. Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is _________.
2. Two angles are ______________________ if the sum of their measures is 180.
3. Adjacent angles share a common _____________ and a common _________.
4. _____________ angles only occur when there is an intersection.
5. _______________ is the word we use in math to say equal.
6. ______________ lines go on forever and ever and never intersect.
7. Perpendicular lines intersect to form 4 __________ angles.
8. A ___________________ intersects a pair of parallel lines at two different points.
Part II: Adjacent Angles
Use your straws to create a pair of adjacent angles. Are your angles complementary, supplementary,
or neither? Draw your model in the space provided below.

Part III: Vertical Angles

Use your straws to create an intersection. Place two (2) chips of the same color on your model to
illustrate a pair of vertical angles. Now, using the second (2nd) color, place two (2) more chips on the
model to illustrate the second (2nd) pair of vertical angles. Draw your model below.
What is the relationship between angles
with the same colored chips?

What is the relationship between angles

with different colored chips?

Choose an acute angle and pretend that its measurement is 60. Find the measurements of the 3
remaining angles. Show your work below.

Part IV: Transversals

Use 2 of your straws to create two (2) parallel lines. Now, use your third (3rd) straw to create a
transversal. Note: Do not create perpendicular lines! Draw your model in the space provided
below.

Use your chips to model the following angle relationships:

1. Vertical angles
2. Corresponding angles
3. Supplementary angles
What are the relationships between the vertical angles?

Do you notice a pattern among all of the adjacent angles?

Is there a similarity between the first set of angles on the top parallel line and the second set of
angles on the bottom parallel line?

Now, choose an obtuse angle and pretend that it measures 115. Using this, find the measurements
of the remaining angles. Show your work below.

Do you notice anything about the numbers of the measurements of the eight (8) different angles?