Geometry Syllabus

2009-2010

Mrs. Knotts

jknotts@ndsion.edu

816-942-3282 ext. 1136

 

Text

 

Geometry, 2nd Edition, Larson, Boswell, and Stiff, McDougal Littell, 2007

 

 

 

Course Content

I.                   Basics including points, lines, planes, segments, angles and angle pairs

 

II.                Reasoning including both inductive and deductive, and introduction to formal proof

 

III.             Properties of parallel and perpendicular lines

 

IV.            Congruent triangles

 

V.               Properties of triangles

 

VI.            Quadrilaterals and their properties

 

VII.         Transformations including reflections, rotations, and translations

 

VIII.       Similarity in triangles and other polygons

 

IX.          Circles and their associated angles and segments

      X.               Areas of polygons and circles

XI.            Surface areas and volumes of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres

 

 

Academic Honesty 

Plagiarizing another student's work will result in a 0 for that assignment and a referral to the academic dean.  That particular assignment, project, or assessment cannot be redone for credit.