Monday, November 9, 2009

Unit 4 Geometry                                   Pages  114-152

4.1        Fundamental results                              Page 115

·         History discussion:  Pythagoras and his predecessors.

·         Review basic geometric angle sum concepts

·         Demonstration # 22

Pages 115-116 Students will complete homework:

Exercise 1: #s 1,4,7,12,13,15,20,21, 23,26, 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

4.1 (continued) Polygons and Parallel lines

Demonstration Exercise 2 # 3

4.2 (Intro) Pythagorean Theorem (basic)

Students will use tape measures to check for “square” corners in many rooms in the building, the sport court and other tangible objects in the neighborhood.  

Pages 117-120 Students will complete homework:

Exercise 2: #s 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,12

Exercise 3: #s 1 thru 7 all, &  9

4.2  Page 120

Exercise 4 #s 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

Thursday, November 12, 2009

4.2 (continued)       Pythagoras' theorem           Page 119

4.3 (Intro)  Symmetry                                        Page 122

Students will identify things in the room, school building, and neighborhood that have a line of symmetry.  After a discussion, they will answer many questions about shapes that have symmetry.

Students will complete homework

4.2  (continued) Page 121

Exercise 4 #s 14,16,18, 20, 22,

4.3  (page 123)

Exercise 5:  Copy figures a, b, c, d, h, j, k, & l from # 1 onto graph paper.  Draw and label the lines of symmetry, then list the order of rotational symmetry for each. 

Friday, November 13, 2009

4.3 (continued)  Symmetry                                  Page 122

Demonstrate Ex 6: # 10

4.4    (Intro)    Similarity                                      Page 124

Students will experiment with square tiles and containers to establish an understanding of the proportional relationships between side lengths, areas, and, volumes.

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Students will complete homework

4.3: page 123           

Exercise 5:  3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

4.4: page 125           

Exercise 6:  1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

Monday, November 16, 2009

4.4        Similarity, Congruence, and areas of similar shapes, Volumes of similar objects                      Page 124

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Students will complete homework

4.4: page 126           

Exercise 6:  12,  13, 14, 15, 18 

Exercise 7:  1, 2, 3, 4, 8

Exercise 8:  2thru 12 evens, 13,14,15,16,19

Exercise 9:  2-14 evens 15,

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Students to complete all past due assignments, including their Investigation write ups on ONE problem, choice 1-6 on page 343-346.

Students will complete homework

Exercise 10: 1-15 odds 

Exercise 11: 1-19 odds

Exercise 12: 1-11 odds

Thursday, November 19, 2009

ALL INVESTIGATION WRITE UPS ARE DUE TODAY!

4.5        Circle theorems                                       Page 134

Students will complete homework

Exercise 13: #s 1-7 all

Exercise 14: #s 1-5 all

Friday, November 20, 2009

4.6        Constructions and loci                            Page 142

4.7        Nets                                                       Page 145

Students will use manipulatives to answer questions about three dimensional solids.

Students will complete homework

Exercise 15: #s 1-6

Monday, November 23, 2009

Revision Exercise 4A                                          Page 146

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Students will complete homework

Homework: Revision Exercise

Students will take a practice test home for homework and return tomorrow with questions about the material.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Examination Exercise 4B                                     

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Fall 2009, Break