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Textbook:

Geometry, Bass, Charles, Johnson, Kennedy, Pearson Publishing, 2004

Course Description:

Geometry is a course for the student to develop their thinking and reasoning abilities. The course is designed around Euclidean Geometry with the students deriving the conjectures from investigations. The development of logical consequence is stressed through paragraph and flow-chart proofs. Topics covered are sets, angles, congruence, parallel and perpendicular lines, quadrilaterals, triangles, circles, similarity, transformational geometry and coordinate geometry. Constructions of geometric figures is stressed at the beginning of this class. Geometry is a system of organized information about size and shape properties of space and objects in space. It is a basic part of the other branches of mathematics and of other subjects such as architecture, engineering, astronomy, and physics.

Prerequisites:  Algebra I

Materials:

Students will need to bring a notebook for working problems in class and completing homework assignments; a folder or binder; pencils; a scientific calculator; a compass; and a protractor.