Geometry Honors Credit

Students who currently have an "A" average in Geometry after the first progress report, may request to obtain honors credit.

Course Description

Geometry covers all content, concepts, and skills required to meet both CAPT and NCTM standards. Students will use inductive reasoning to identify patterns and make conjectures about real world situations and apply deductive reasoning to confirm their conjectures through proof. Algebraic and geometric models are used and connected to topics in discrete mathematics. The use of computer technology is used to enhance understanding and continue the development of a comprehensive and rigorous foundation in pre-collegiate level mathematics.

There is an additional emphasis on using technology tools in the Honors section, where students develop advanced skills in the use of graphing calculators and PC software, such as Geometer’s Sketchpad, to explore relationships of plane, as well as solid figures.

Accelerated Pace of Learning at the Honors Level

In addition to the requirements for the academic-level course, the following requirements must be met in order to earn honors credit:

· For all course objectives, complete any "Challenge" exercises in the text. Refer to “Problem Solving: Geometry Honors Expectations” rubric for evaluation criteria.
· Complete additional objectives specified in the Honors Curriculum (attached).
· Maintain a weekly journal to include reflections on course objectives, feedback on classes, and your reflection on your learning.
· Provide assistance to classmates in mastering course objectives, either during class, or by tutoring outside of class. Provide this assistance on a weekly basis to one or more students. Evidence of success will be the student’s mastery of a specific course objective.

Additional Expectations

You have been identified because you are already performing at the top of your class. That means being prepared, participating, contributing, completing assignments, and demonstrating mastery of the course concepts. You have an excellent attitude and aptitude, and are an asset to the class and to the school.For you to continue to grow, however, you need to do more. Help me to teach you and to teach everyone in the class by the following:

· Give me feedback on your learning and my teaching
· Help others to understand concepts and your knowledge will be deepened beyond your expectations, because the students you help may need to learn in some way that is different from yours and you will need to use untapped abilities to help others.
· Let others help you and give them the same opportunity to strengthen their communication and math skills.
· Strive to be clear when you communicate, anticipate that the other person needs to have all the details laid out, not just the solution. Read your work back to yourself and see if even you can understand it, or will understand it a week or month from now. Create work that has value.

Failure to Fulfill Requirements

If any of these requirements are not met, the student will not receive honors credit, but will be dropped back to academic level status and receive academic-level credit only.

Parallel Lines & Transversal PPT

Properties of Parallel Lines Intersected By a Transversal
Geometry PowerPoint

You are to create a PowerPoint presentation. This will count as a test grade, plus cover objectives 3.1 Angles formed by a transversal, and 3.2 Proving lines parallel

Your demonstration will show properties of parallel lines intersected by a transversal and the angles that are formed.

Include the following information:

• label all lines, intersections, and angles
  

• identify and name the angle pairs formed when a transversal intersects two parallel lines(e.g., supplementary, complementary)
  

• state the relationships between these angles and pairs of angles (see Theorems and Postulates)


• create a construction that shows and explains, step by step, how to construct two parallel lines from congruent alternate interior angles OR a construction that shows and explains, step by step, how to construct two parallel lines from congruent corresponding angles


• if one angle is (3x-33) degrees and its corresponding angle is (2x+26) degrees, find the measures of all 8 angles that are formed and show each step of the solution on a ppt slide
  

You will present and defend your presentation.

Grading Criteria

1 to 4 points in each of the following categories (4 being the highest)

Math concepts (4 = complete, 1=limited understanding)
Math errors (4=90-100% without errors, 1=more than 75% with errors)
Explanation (4=detailed and clear, 1=difficult to understand or incomplete)
Diagrams (4=clear and adds to understanding, 1=difficult to understand)
Completion (4=all requirements met, 1=more than 2 not met)
PowerPoint presentation (4=very creative with slide transitions, animation, color, audio, graphics; 1=pretty basic)

Attendance Policy and Grades

School policy says that students who have more than 2.5 unexcused absences will receive a failing grade of 55. If days are made up during the next marking period, grades may be changed.

Please make sure that written excuses are on file in the office so that you do not receive a failing grade.