COURSE RATIONALE

          Geometry provides students with skills that allow them to analyze and find solutions to everyday situations.  Those skills help students to enhance their intellectual, social, and emotional well-being.  Geometry also enables students to become analytic thinkers and problem solvers which allows the students to evolve with the technological changes of the 21st century.  Finally, Geometry helps students to improve their communication skills when working in groups; these communication skills enable students to accept others viewpoints when looking for a

solution to a problem.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

          Geometry provides study in the following topics:  relationships between points, lines, and planes; study of congruency in geometric figures; organizational skills, similarity and ratios; right triangle trigonometry; study of circles; formulas of areas and volumes; and graphing.  Through the study of theses topics, Geometry provides students with the analytic and problem-solving skills needed to excel in any given environment.  Students learn the process of indirect reasoning which is used in everyday life.  It also allows the student to become an informed consumer and productive citizen of our society.

 


 

Grade and/or class: Geometry

Date of Last Revision:  2002-2003

Writer:  Toby Kite

 

Competencies

A.  Problem Solving – The student will be able to

1.      apply theorems to solve numeric problems

2.      compute areas of plane geometric figures

3.      solve for segments of a circle

4.      find the measure of an angle of a circle

5.      solve application problems using trigonometric functions

B.  Communication – The student will be able to

6.      write an informal proof

7.      draw diagrams to specifications

8.      recognize symbols used in geometry

C.  Reasoning – The student will be able to

9.      use coordinate geometry to establish slope

10.  apply the properties of special parallelograms

D.  Connections

11.  use Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles

12.  solve right triangles using trigonometric functions

13.  solve systems of equations using more than one method

E.  Number Sense – The student will be able to

14.  check answers for reasonableness

15.  use ratio for similar geometric figures

F.  Geometric and Spatial – The student will be able to

16.  find the volume of geometric solids

17.  find the surface area of geometric solids

18.  compute the area of circles

19.  compute the area of sectors of circles

G.  Data Analysis – The student will be able to

20. write a proportion


H.  Patterns and Relationships – The student will be able to

21.  solve special triangles

22.  find geometric mean in right triangles

23.  find the measure of angles of regular polygons

I.  Number Systems and Theory – The student will be able to

24. simplify radicals.

J.  Discrete Mathematics – The student will be able to

25.  predict using geometric probability

26.  write the equation of a line

27.  write the equation of a circle given center and radius


Grade and/or class: Geometry

Date of Last Revision:  2002-2003

Writer:  Toby Kite

 

District Skill Competency 1: The student will be able to apply theorems to solve numeric problems.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

I. b

I. e

II. b

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will apply theorems to solve numeric problems.

Individually students will apply theorems to solve numeric problems.

70%

MA6

3.2, 3.3

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 2:  Compute areas of plane geometric figures.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

VI. i

 

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will compute areas of plane geometric figures.

Individually students will compute areas of plane geometric figures.

70%

MA2

1.6, 3.2

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 3: Solve for segments of a circle.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

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Performance

Standard

VI. i

 

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will find the measure of angles of a circle.

Individually students will find the measure of a circle.

70%

MA4

3.3, 3.6

 

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 4: Find the measure of angles of a circle.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

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Performance

Standard

VI. i

 

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will find the measure of angles of a circle.

Individually students will find the measure of angles of a circle.

70%

MA4

1.5, 3.2

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 5: Solve application problems using trigonometric functions.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

VI. e

VIII. h

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will solve application  problems using trigonometric functions.

Individually students will solve application problems using trigonometric functions.

70%

MA6

1.8, 2.7

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 6: Write an informal proof.

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Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

III. a

III. b

III. d

VI. d

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will write an informal proof.

Individually students will write an informal proof.

60%

MA6

1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2

 

 

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 7.  Draw diagram to specifications.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

II.  c

 

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will draw diagram to specifications.

Individually students will draw diagram to specifications.

75%

MA6

MA5

1.8, 2.1

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 8. Recognize symbols used in geometry.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

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Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

I. a

II. b

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will recognize symbols used in geometry.

Individually students will recognize symbols used in geometry.

75%

MA5

3.4

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 9. Use coordinate geometry to establish slope.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

VI. f

VIII. f

VI. c

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will use coordinate geometry to establish slope.

Individually students will use coordinate geometry to establish slope.

70%

MA2

1.8, 3.2

 

 

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 10. Apply the properties of special parallelograms.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

VI. b

VI. i

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will apply the properties of special parallelograms.

Individually students will apply the properties of special parallelograms.

70%

MA2

1.10, 3.6

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 11.  Use Pythagorean Theorem to solve right angles.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

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Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

I. e

IV. b

VI. d

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will use Pythagorean Theorem to solve right angles.

Individually students will use Pythagorean Theorem to solve right angles.

70%

MA1

MA2

1.1, 1.5, 1.6

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 12. Solve right triangles using trigonometric functions.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

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Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

VIII. h

I. e

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will solve right triangles using trigonometric functions.

Individually students will solve right triangles using trigonometric functions.

70%

MA4

1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 2.7

 

 

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 13.  Solve systems of equations using more than one method.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

Assessment

Mastery

Content

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Performance

Standard

III. a

I. e

VI. d

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will solve systems of equations using more than one method.

Individually students will solve systems of equations using more than one method.

60%

MA1

MA6

1.1, 1.8, 1.10, 3.6

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 14. Check answers for reasonableness.

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Activities

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Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

I. b

IV. e

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will check answers for reasonableness.

Individually students will check answers for reasonableness.

75%

MA1

1.1, 1.10, 2.2, 3.6

 

 

 

District Skill Competency 15. Use ratio for similar geometric figures.

Frameworks Addressed

Activities

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Mastery

Content

Standard

Performance

Standard

VI. c

VI. g

 

 

 

Through classroom instruction, teacher modeling, worksheets, and homework, students will use ratio for similar geometric figures.

Individually students will use ratio for similar geometric figures.

70%