Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative

Flower Forth

Geometry

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Description:

In Geometry, students strengthen their mathematical reasoning skills in geometric contexts. The comprehensive content and varied real-life applications covered give students a strong mathematical foundation. This series introduces students to theory and application of formal and informal reasoning, as well as to synthetic, coordinate, and transformational approaches. This comprehensive course covers Points/Lines/Planes/Angles, Deductive Reasoning, Parallel Lines and Planes, Congruent Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Inequalities in Geometry, Similar Polygons, Right Triangles, Circles, Constructions and Loci, Areas of Plane Figures, Areas and Volumes of Solids, Coordinate Geometry, and Transformations. The course emphasizes logic and offers a good amount of worked-out examples, hands-on activities, real-world applications, exercises, chapter and mixed reviews, and a technology strand that includes calculator and computer applications for geometry. To continue kindling wonder and creative thinking, Mrs. Panam will supplement the traditional textbook approach with additional challenge problems drawn from sources such as The Art of Problem Solving curriculum.

Materials:

Families should purchase the following supplies:

  • Ray C. Jurgensen’s Geometry (Houghton Mifflin) textbook—New or used is fine, but it must be the correct ISBN: 9780395977279. Since the book is out of print, BHSC has some copies available for purchase. Otherwise:
  • Pencils & Erasers in a pouch
  • 1 black/blue and 1 red non-erasable pen
  • 1 ruler (a small one is fine)
  • A few colored pencils or colored erasable pens (optional, 3 colors other than black)
  • Graphing Calculator*
  • A good quality compass & a protractor
  • Index Cards (about 100) and an index card holder/case
  • A three-ring binder with lined/graph paper and dividers—or—a notebook (graphing or lined) with a 1.5″ binder (with lined/graph paper and dividers)

*Since graphing calculators are allowed and recommended for most standardized tests, it is advisable to invest in one. It is important for students to feel comfortable using one, especially on a timed exam. Recommended calculators can be found on the college board site here. Mrs. Panam prefers TI-89 and up (with CAS).