Geometry Honors Period 1 (1206320M/810)

2014-2015 Course Syllabus

Teacher Information
Name: Christopher Edgecombe
Phone: 772-807-7600, ext. 8149
Email: Christopher.Edgecombe@stlucieschools.org

Credit: 1.0 Completion of 1206320M- Geometry Honors meets the Geometry graduation requirement for mathematics.
Text: Geometry Honors Gold Edition (Prentice Hall ~ Florida Edition ~ 2011)
Text website: www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
Course Website: www.westgatemath.weebly.com

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop knowledge, concepts and skills in Geometry, related
Algebraic concepts and Trigonometry. This course parallels Geometry, but is more rigorous, including topics such as
reasoning and proofs, tangents and secants.
Course Goals: In Geometry, students will acquire the knowledge and skills to problem solve, communicate, reason,
create models and make connections.
Assignments:
Should represent a range of cognitive complexity and aligned to EOC test specification.

Make-up Work
Make-up work must be requested for all absences. Make-up work for all excused absences will be graded at full
credit. For unexcused absences (U), make-up work will receive a maximum grade of 59%. The student will be
allowed a period of two days make-up time for each day absent, not to exceed ten (10) school days from the date
of return for make-up work.

Tests and Quizzes:
A minimum of three (3) assessment activities are expected per week. Each activity must be aligned to the
standard/benchmark taught and the EOC test item specification.

Grading Policy:
Homework 10%
Classwork 20%
Quizzes 30%
Tests 40%

Academic Honesty Policy: Academic dishonesty is defined as willful or deliberate unauthorized use of the work of
another person for academic purposes, or inappropriate use of notes, or other material in the completion of an academic
assignment or test. In addition to disciplinary responses, the granting of credit for this assignment may be considered null
and void.

Classroom Policies:
Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
Treat the room, those in the room, and its contents with respect.
Gum chewing is not allowed.
Cell phones and all other electronic devices turned off and not visible.
School dress code will be enforced (Please see student handbook).

***This content is subject to change according to teachers discretion.***

Major Concepts/Content: The content covered should include, but not be limited to:
Points, Lines and Planes
Find the lengths and midpoints of line segments in two-dimensional coordinate systems.
Angle Measurement and classification
Relationships of parallel lines, their transversals and angles
Distance between two points, a line and a point
Angle relationships within a single and multiple triangles
Postulates and theorems proving triangles to be congruent
Classifying Triangles and Properties of Triangles
Similarity, Ratio and Proportion
Characteristics of Parallel Lines and Proportionality
Pythagorean Theorem and Special Right Triangles
Interior and Exterior Angles of Polygons
Characteristics of Parallelograms, Rhombi, Squares, Trapezoids and Triangles
Circles, Area of Circles and Circumference
Surface Area and Volume of three-dimensional figures
Geometric Mean
Trigonometric Ratios
Law of Sine and Cosine
Inscribed Angles
Line segments that are tangent or secant to a circle
Truth-values of conjunctions and disjunctions
Re-state conditional statements as; inverse, converse and contra positive
Remind101:

This year I am incorporating something new into my class routine. Society around is ever-changing and technology-driven.
Remind101 will serve as a way for me to communicate with parents and students, to keep them abreast on upcoming assignments,
deadlines and activities via text message. To set-up service please follow the following steps.

Class: Geometry Honors Period 1
Send text to (754) 227- 8337 with the message @edgecombe1
You will receive a text that will prompt you through the rest of the set-up.





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Course Objectives
By the end of the 1st Quarter, students will be able to say:
I can make the nets and drawings of three-dimensional figures.
I can understand basic terms and postulates of geometry.
I can find the length and midpoints of line segments.
I can identify special angle pairs and use their relationships to find angle measures.
I can use a compasses and straightedge to construct segments, angles, and angle bisectors.
I can use a straightedge and compass to make constructions.
I can find the perimeter or the circumference of basic shapes.
I can determine how a change in dimensions affects area and perimeter.
I can use the area and circumference formulas to solve real-world problems.
I can make conjectures with justifications.
I can find the converse, inverse, and contrapositive parts of a statement.
I can recognize conditional statements and their parts.
I can use a truth table to determine truth tables.
I can determine if direct or indirect proofs are logically valid.
I can identify relationships between figures in space.
I can identify the relationship between angles of parallel lines and transversals.
I can write geometric proofs with contradiction and proofs using coordinate geometry.
By the end of the 2nd Quarter, students will be able to say:
I can determine and justify the method used in finding interior and exterior angles of polygons.
I can use a compasses and straightedge to construct parallel and perpendicular lines.
I can recognize and prove congruence and similarity in triangles and their corresponding parts.
I can construct congruent triangles.
I can solve mathematical and real-world problems using congruent and similar polygons.
I can solve problems using properties of congruent triangles.
I can solve real-world problems involving right triangles.
I can use properties of midsegments to solve problems.
I can define, identify, and construct angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors, medians, centroids, orthocenters, incenter,
altitudes.
I can use inequality involving angles and sides of triangles.
By the end of the 3rd Quarter, students will be able to say:
I can identify and describe convex, concave, regular and irregular polygons.
I can find the sum of the measures of the interior and exterior angles of a polygon.
I can describe, classify, and compare relationships among quadrilaterals.
I can prove theorems using quadrilaterals.
I can compare and contrast quadrilaterals based on their properties.
I can prove properties of congruent, regular, and similar quadrilaterals using coordinate planes.
I can identify and apply similar polygons.
I can use the AA postulate, the SAS and SSS theorems to prove similarity.
I can use coordinate geometry to prove properties of polygons and perform transformations.
I can use coordinate geometry to prove properties of congruent, regular, and similar triangles.
I can find the relationship(s) that exist when an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
I can apply theorems to proportionally divided segments.
I can apply and prove Pythagoreans theorem and its converse.
I can use special right triangles to solve problems.
I can define and use trigonometric ratios.
I can use the trigonometric ratios of right triangles to solve real-world problems.

I can apply transformations of polygons, while determining congruence and symmetry.
By the end of the 4th Quarter, students will be able to say:
I can find the area of parallelograms and triangles.
I can define and identify circumference, radius, diameter, arc, arc length, chord, secant, tangen
can determine and use measures of arcs and related angles.
I can solve real-world problems using the measures of circumference, arc length, and area of circles and sectors.
I can recognize the polyhedra and their parts.
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I can explain and use formulas for lateral area, surface area, and volume of solids.
I understand how changes in dimensions affect volume and surface area.
I can identify and use properties of congruent and similar solids.
I can prove theorems related to circles, angles, chords, tangents, and secants.
I can find the equation of a circle or the center and radius of a circle given an equation.
I can draw a circle from either an equation or a center and radius.
I can use different problem-solving strategies.
I can determine if a solution makes sense.