WHS Geometry Course Outline and Corresponding Activities

2015 - 2016
Resources:

Geometry - Common Core, Pearson Education, 2015

TI - 84 Activity Central
Illustrative Mathematics
Illuminations
Open Math Reference
Mathematics Assessment Project Slide Share
Learn Zillion - Sign in required
La Vie Mathematique

Making Math Visual

Unit 0 - Classroom Expectations, Algebra Review, Comp Books

1. Classroom Expectations
-Multiple Intelligences Survey
2. Algebra Review -Graphing Calculator Scavenger Hunt
-Having Kittens
-Pre Requisite Test
-Pre Test
3. Put together composition notebooks (Cover, table of contents, page numbers)
Unit 1 - Tools of Geometry
1. Nets and Drawing for Visualizing Geometry
-Net and Pythagorean Theorem
2. Points, Lines and Planes
- Points, Lines and Planes Presentation
-Always, Sometimes, Never
3. Measuring Segments
- Segment Addition and Angle Addition Postulates - Calculator
4. Measuring Angles
5. Exploring Angle Pairs
- Classifying Angles
- Flash Cards
6. Basic Constructions
- Constructions Tutorial
7. Midpoint and Distance on Coordinate Plane
- Midpoint Formula Discovery
8. Perimeter, Circumference and Area
- Using Perimeter and Circumference
Unit 2 - Reasoning and Proof
1. Patterns and Inductive Reasoning
2. Conditional Statements
-Conditionals Statements - Calculator Activity
3. Biconditionals and Definitions
4. Deductive Reasoning
5. Reasoning in Algebra and Geometry
-Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!!
-How to Prove a Mathematical Theory - Video
6. Proving Angles Congruent

-Pieces of Proof
Unit 3 - Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
1. Lines and Angles
- QR Code Scavenger Hunt
2. Properties of Parallel Lines
- Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal - Calculator Activity
- Dance Dance Transversal
3. Proving Lines Parallel
4. Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
5. Parallel Lines and Triangles
6. Constructing Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
7. Equations of Lines
-Equation of a Line - Calculator Activity
8. Slopes of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
- Explore Parallel and Perpendicular Lines - Calculator Activity
Unit 4 - Congruent Triangles
1. Congruent Figures
2. Triangle Congruence by SSS and SAS
- Proving Congruent Triangles
3. Triangle Congruence by ASA and AAS
4. CPCTC
5. Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles
6. Congruence on Right Triangles
Unit 5 - Relationships Within Triangles
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Mid-segments of Triangles
Perpendicular and Angle Bisectors
Bisectors in Triangles
Medians and Altitudes
Indirect Proof
Inequalities in One Triangle
- Triangle Inequality
- Inequalities of Triangles
7. Inequalities in Two Triangles
- Reflect on This
Unit 6 - Polygons and Quadrilaterals
1. The Polygon Angle-Sum Theorems
2. Properties of Parallelograms
-Properties of Parallelograms Calculator Activity
3. Proving a Quadrilateral Is a Parallelogram
4. Properties of Rhombi, Rectangles, and Squares
5. Conditions for Rhombi, Rectangles and Squares

6. Trapezoids and Kites

- Diagonals to Quadrilaterals
7. Polygons in the Coordinate Plane
-Classifying Triangles
8. Applying Coordinate Geometry
9. Proofs Using Coordinate Geometry
- Proving a Square
Unit 7 - Similarity
1. Ratios and Proportions
2. Similar Polygons
3. Proving Triangles Similar
- Are They Similar?
- Similar Circles Using Similar Triangles
4. Similarity in Right Triangles
5. Proportions on Triangles
-Modeling Motion - Rolling Cups
Unit 8 - Right Triangles and Trigonometry
1. The Pythagorean Theorem and It's Converse
- Pythagorean Triples
- Possible Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem
2. Special Right Triangles
3. Trigonometry
- INB Notes
- Hopewell Triangles
4. Angles of Elevation and Depression
5. Laws of Sines
- Law of Sines Exploration
6. Laws of Cosines
- Law of Cosines Exploration
Unit 9 - Transformations
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Translations
Reflections
Rotations
Composition of Isometries
Congruence Transformations
Dilations
- Dilating a Line
7. Similarity Transformations
- Areas and Perimeters of Similar Figures Calculator Activity
- Similarity Transformations
Unit 10 - Area
1. Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles

-Area of Parallelogram Notes

2. Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombi, and Kites
3. Areas of Regular Polygons
-Why do Honey Bees Love Hexagons - Video
4. Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
5. Trig and Area
6. Circles and Arcs
7. Areas of Circles and Sectors
8. Geometric Probability
Unit 11 - Surface Area and Volume
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Space Figures and Cross Sections

Surface Areas of Prisms and Cylinders
Surface Areas of Pyramids and Cones
Volumes of Prisms and Cylinders
Volumes of Pyramids and Cones
- Volume of Pyramids
6. Surface Areas of Volumes of Spheres
7. Areas and Volumes of Similar Solids
Unit 12 - Circles
1. Tangent Lines
- Tangent Line Task
2. Chords and Arcs
3. Inscribed Angles
4. Angle Measures and Segment Lengths
- Orbiting Satellite
5. Circles in the Coordinate Plane
6. Locus - A set of Points
Unit 13 - Probability
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Experimental Probability/ Theoretical Probability

Probability Distributions and Frequency Tables
Permutations and Combination
Compound Probability
Probability Models
Conditional Probability Formulas
Modeling Randomness