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School: S.M. West                                                                                      
Teacher: Thompson                                                                                    
Course: Geometry
Phone Number: 993-7881
Year: 2003-2004

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Couse Description
The students will study geometric relationships (both 2 and 3 dimensional) and be able to use this information in solving problems.  The students will also understand and create simple proofs.  Topics include ratio and proportion, transformational and coordinate geometry, and right triangle trigonometry.

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Primary Objectives
  1. Apply concepts and relations of Euclidean and coordinate geometry to the solution of problems.
  2. Use the precise language to define and/or describe geometrical terms, figures and relationships.
  3. Read, write and interpret the formal symbolism associated with geometry.
  4. Describe geometric figures and relationships verablly (oral or written), pictorially and algebraically.
  5. Mavke conjectures from evidence.
  6. Use principles of similarity and congruence to construct proofs.
  7. Apply both algebraic and geometric processes to solve a given problem.
  8. Translate between verbal descriptions and visual representations.
  9. Apply principles of measurement to find areas, perimeter and volumes of 2 and 3 dimensional figures.
  10. Apply knowledge of angle measures in relation to intersecting and parallel lines to the solution of problems.
  11. Translate, reflect and rotate a given geometric  figure, identifying both the image and the pre-image.
  12. Use principles of congruence and similarity to solve problems of measurement and proportionality.
  13. Use right triangle relationships, including 30-60-90 and 45-45-90, to solve problems.
  14. Apply distance and midpoint formulas.
  15. Apply knowledge of angle measures in polygons and central and inscribed angles in circles to the solution of problems.
  16. Construct congruent figures, bisectors, parrallels and perpendiculars using a variety of methods.
  17. Apply geometric models to the solutions of probability problems.
  18. Recognized patterns and make predictions from geometric models.
  19. Apply algebraic properties, with special attention to proportions, to the solution of geometric problems.
  20. Describe the structure and application of an axiomatic system.
  21. Find areas of irregular figures by summing the parts.
  22. Describe solids generated by rotating two-dimensional figures.
  23. Use right triangle trigonometry to solve problems.
  24. Use computer-drawing programs to perform basic constructions dealing with congruence, bisectors, and parallel and perpendicular lines.

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Important people in math:
 

Hippocrates of Chios

Lenoard Euler

Euclid of Alexandria

Johann Kepler

Tycho Brahe

Math related links:

Polyhedrans

Archimedean Solids

how to make pyramids and other shapes

how to make paper models of polyhedra

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