A Year of Geometry

Nick Hershman, nhershman@riverdale.k12.or.us

Fall
• Points, Lines, and Planes (Chapter 1)
– Test: Chapter 1 [September]
• Reasoning and Proof (Chapter 2)
– Project: Basic Proofs
– Test: Chapter 2 [September/October]
• Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (Chapter 3)
– Project: Model Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
– Test [October]
• Congruent Triangles (Chapter 4)
– Project: Triangle Congruence demonstrations: SAS, SSS, ASA, AAS
– Test [October/November]
Cold times
• Relationships in Triangles (Chapter 5)
– Test [November]
• Proportions and Similarity (Chapter 6)
– Project: Photographic analysis of the height of tall buildings in Portland [November/December]
• Right Triangles and Trigonometry (Chapter 7)
– Project What’s so Special About Right Triangles?
– Test [December]
• Quadrilaterals (Chapter 8) Skipped for time in 2008-2009
– Test [December/January]
• Transformations (Chapter 9) Skipped for time in 2008-2009
– Project: Art: Tessellations or Vector Analysis
– Test [January/February]
Thawing!
• Circles (Chapter 10)
– Test [February/March]
• Area of Polygons and Circles (Chapter 11)
– Project: Design area formula brochure with an equation editor [April]
• Surface Area (Chapter 12)
– Test [April/May]
• Volume (Chapter 13)
– Project [May/June]
• Algebra/Geometry Review EOY Assessments [June]