Geometry
Course Description
In this course, students will use both inductive and deductive reasoning to develop a mathematical structure. Connections to postulates and theorems are made through practical applications to everyday, real-life problems. Topics covered include geometry basics, logic and proof, parallel and perpendicular lines, congruent and similar triangles, right triangles and trigonometry, polygons and quadrilaterals, volume and surface area, and circles.
Course Big Ideas
- Logic, inductive, and deductive reasoning can be used to prove postulates and theorems.
- Understand triangle properties, relationships, and congruence to analyze more complex shapes and explore real-world problems.
- Explore the creation and application of formulas and shapes to determine why we use them.
- Look in depth on how shapes are related to each other.
Course Essential Questions
- Why are parallel and perpendicular lines important to understand properties of shapes?
- How are triangles related to formulas and other shapes?
- How to investigate 2-D and 3-D shapes?
- How do we write, convert, and use formulas related to various geometric shapes?
Course Competencies
- Understand angles created by parallel or perpendicular lines and how we recognize these properties in shapes.
- Understand side and angle relationships in triangles and how they are related to more complex shapes.
- Understand characteristics of shapes and how to apply knowledge of 2-D shapes to 3-D shapes.
- Understand where formulas come from and explore how to write, convert, and use these formulas related to various geometric shapes.
Course Assessments
- Skill Based Summative Unit Quizzes and Tests
- Check for understanding Mini-Quizzes
- Formative Assessments: homework, IXL, All Things Algebra Activities
Course Units
- Unit 1: Geometry Basics
- Unit 2: Logic and Proof
- Unit 3: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
- Unit 4: Congruent Triangles
- Unit 5: Similar Triangles
- Unit 6: Right Triangles and Trigonometry
- Unit 7: Polygons and Quadrilaterals
- Unit 8: Circles
- Unit 9: Volume and Surface Area
Unit 1: Geometry Basics
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- How can we represent and name points, lines, and planes accurately?
- How do points, lines, and planes relate to one another in space?
- How does the midpoint formula help in dividing a line segment into equal parts?
- How does the distance between two points help us understand their relationship on a graph?
- What properties exist between angles, and how can we use them to find unknown measurements?
- How do we accurately find the measure of whole line segments given algebraic expressions for each part of the segment?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 2: Logic and Proof
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- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Reources
- Vocabulary
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Standards
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Identify the hypothesis and conclusion of an if-then statement.
- Convert statements into if-then statements.
- Changing conditional statements to determine the truth value of related statements.
- Use properties of equality to complete multi-step algebraic proofs (two column format).
- Use definitions, postulates, and properties of congruence to write segment and angle proofs (two column format).
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- What is a conditional statement, and how is it structured?
- How do the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of a conditional statement differ from the original?
- How are conditional statements used in geometric proofs and theorems?
- How can we use properties of equality to justify each step in solving an equation in a two column proof?
- How do properties of angle pairs (like complementary, supplementary, vertical, and adjacent angles) help us construct valid proofs?
- How can we use definitions, postulates, and theorems to prove relationships between line segments?
Materials/Reources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
- Conditional Statements
- Inverse
- Converse
- Contrapositive
- Biconditional
- Hypothesis
- Conclusion
- Distributive Property
- Substitution Property
- Reflexive Property
- Symmetric Property
- Transitive Property
- Two-Column Proof
- Congruence Properties
- Definition of Congruence
- Definition of Midpoint
- Segment Addition Postulate
- Angle Addition Postulate
Assessments
Unit 3: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
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- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Determine whether lines are parallel, perpendicular, or neither given slope.
- Calculate slope given ordered pairs of lines and determine if they are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
- Convert equations of lines from standard form to slope-intercept and determine if they are parallel, perpendicular, or neither.
- Write the equation of a line in slope-intercept form using the point-slope equation.
- Determine the type of angle relationships given parallel lines cut by a transversal.
- Determine if angle relationships are congruent or supplementary based on their position on parallel lines cut by a transversal.
Unit Essential Questions
- How does the relationship between slopes help us prove whether two lines are parallel or perpendicular without graphing?
- How do different forms of linear equations (slope-intercept, point-slope, standard form) show slope?
- Why are some angle pairs congruent and others supplementary when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal?
Lesson Essential Questions
- What do different types of slopes (positive, negative, zero, and undefined) tell us when comparing two or more lines?
- How can we determine if two lines are parallel or perpendicular by looking at their slopes?
- How do lines and points define planes, and what relationships exist between lines when they intersect or lie within the same plane?
- How can we identify corresponding, alternate interior, alternate exterior, and same-side interior angles?
- How do we use algebra to find missing angle measures in parallel line diagrams?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 4: Congruent Triangles
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Classify triangles by their side lengths and angle measures.
- Calculate unknown angle measures using the triangle sum and exterior angle sum theorems.
- Determine side and angle measurements using the properties of isosceles and equilateral triangles.
- Write two column proofs proving triangles are congruent by the SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, or HL postulates.
- Write two column proofs proving parts (sides and angles) are congruent using the theorem Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent (CPCTC).
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- How can we classify triangles based on their side lengths and angle measures?
- How can we determine the measure of an unknown angle in a triangle if we know the other two angles?
- Given two equal sides in a triangle and the included angle, how can you determine if the triangle is isosceles?
- Why can we say all sides and angles are equal in an equilateral triangle?
- How can we use definitions, postulates, and properties of congruence to prove that two triangles are congruent (SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, HL)?
- How does CPCTC help us prove that parts (angles and sides) of congruent triangles are congruent?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 5: Similar Triangles
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
PA Common Core Mathematics Standards:
- CC.2.3.HS.A.2 Apply rigid transformations to determine and explain congruence.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.5 Create justifications based on transformations to establish similarity of plane figures.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.6 Verify and apply theorems involving similarity as they relate to plane figures.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- What does it mean for two triangles to be similar?
- How can you use angle and side relationships to determine if triangles are similar?
- What are the different methods to prove triangles are similar (AA, SSS, SAS)?
- Why does knowing two angles are congruent guarantee triangle similarity?
- How can you use proportions to find missing side lengths in similar triangles?
- How can similar triangles be used to find distances or heights indirectly?
- How does the scale factor between similar triangles affect side lengths and perimeters?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 6: Right Triangles and Trigonometry
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Use Pythagorean Theorem to find missing side lengths of right triangles.
- Determine if three side lengths can form a triangle, then classify the type of triangle, using the triangle inequality theorem.
- Calculate side lengths of special right triangles using their specific properties.
- Use trigonometric ratios to find side lengths and angle measurements of right triangles.
- Determine side or angle measurements using angles of elevation or depression.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- How do you determine if a triangle is a right, acute, or obtuse triangle using side lengths?
- What are some real-life scenarios where the Pythagorean Theorem is useful?
- Why are special right triangles helpful shortcuts in problem-solving?
- How do you determine which trigonometric ratio to use (sine, cosine, or tangent)?
- How can you use trigonometric ratios to find a missing side or angle?
- How can you use a diagram to set up and solve a right triangle problem?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 7: Polygons and Quadrilaterals
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
PA Common Core Mathematics Standards:
- CC.2.3.HS.A.2 Apply rigid transformations to determine and explain congruence.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.3 Verify and apply geometric theorems as they relate to geometric figures.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.7 Apply trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving right triangles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.13 Analyze relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
Do
- Apply the interior angle sum formula to any polygon to find angle and side measurements.
- Use the property of exterior angles of polygons to a sum of 360º.
- Apply the properties of parallelograms to find unknown side and angle measurements.
- Apply the properties of parallelograms to the remainder of the quadrilateral family consisting of rectangles, rhombi, and squares.
- Explore the properties of trapezoids and kites.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- How does the interior angle sum formula for a polygon relate to triangle sum?
- What methods can be used to find the interior or exterior angle of a regular polygon?
- How do interior and exterior angles relate to each other in polygons?
- What are the properties of parallelograms?
- How are parallelograms related to rectangles, rhombi, and squares?
- What type of symmetry do the quadrilaterals have?
- How do the properties of a trapezoid differ from an isosceles trapezoid?
- How do the sides and diagonals in a kite differ from the other quadrilaterals?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 8: Circles
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
PA Common Core Mathematics Standards:
- CC.2.3.HS.A.3 Verify and apply geometric theorems as they relate to geometric figures.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.7 Apply trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving right triangles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.8 Apply geometric theorems to verify properties of circles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.9 Extend the concept of similarity to determine arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.13 Analyze relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.14 Apply geometric concepts to model and solve real world problems.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
- Understanding the relationship between a circle's radius and its key measurements—diameter, circumference, and area—is fundamental to real-world problems.
- The position of the vertex of an angle and the arc(s) it intercepts on a circle will determine how we calculate measurements of unknown angles and segment lengths.
- Understanding the standard form equation for a circle and the geometric features each part represents.
Do
- Identify and name parts of circles with symbolic notation.
- Calculate the area and circumference of a circle.
- Use the properties of central angles to find unknown angles and arcs of circles.
- Calculate the arc length which is a portion of the circle's circumference.
- Using congruent chord and arc properties of a circle, find segment and angle measures using trigonometry functions.
- Use the properties of inscribed angles to find the measurement of the angle and its corresponding arc.
- Calculate the tangent line of a circle using the Pythagorean Theorem.
- Determine the measure of angles and arcs formed by intersecting lines in circles.
- Calculate the segment length(s) in circles formed by intersecting lines.
- Write the equation of a circle in standard form given the center and radius, two endpoints, or graph.
Unit Essential Questions
- How can we use formulas to find the area and circumference of circles, and why are these measurements important in real-world contexts?
- How do the relationships between angles and arcs in a circle help us understand and solve geometric problems?
- How can we use the properties of segments in circles to solve problems involving lengths and relationships within and around circles?
- How can we use the standard equation of a circle to identify and describe its center and radius, and solve problems involving points on or inside the circle?
Lesson Essential Questions
- How are the radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle related?
- How do we find the area and circumference of a circle, and what do these measurements represent?
- How do central angles, arcs, and chords help describe parts of a circle?
- How does arc length relate to the circumference of a circle?
- How is the measure of an inscribed angle related to the arc it intercepts?
- What happens when multiple inscribed angles intercept the same arc?
- How do inscribed angles help us understand the properties of cyclic (inscribed) quadrilaterals?
- What is the relationship between a tangent and a radius at the point of contact?
- How are angles formed by chords, tangents, and secants related to arcs?
- How can you identify the center and radius of a circle by looking at its equation?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
Vocabulary
Assessments
Unit 9: Volume and Surface Area
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
PA Common Core Mathematics Standards:
- CC.2.3.HS.A.1 Use geometric figures and their properties to represent transformations in the plane.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.2 Apply rigid transformations to determine and explain congruence.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.3 Verify and apply geometric theorems as they relate to geometric figures.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.7 Apply trigonometric ratios to solve problems involving right triangles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.8 Apply geometric theorems to verify properties of circles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.9 Extend the concept of similarity to determine arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.12 Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.13 Analyze relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
- CC.2.3.HS.A.14 Apply geometric concepts to model and solve real world problems.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
- Understand that area represents the amount of space within a plane figure, and that complex shapes (composite figures) can be broken down into simpler geometric components (like rectangles, triangles, or circles).
- All 3-dimensional objects have a surface area; however, lateral surface area must be removed for overlapping faces.
- All 3-dimensional objects have a volume which is used in real-world applications such as filling a pool with water or saving space when shipping a package.
Do
- Calculate the area of plane figures given the formula.
- Determine the area of a sector (portion of the whole circle area).
- Given a diagram, calculate the area of composite figures and area of shaded regions of composite figures.
- Calculate the surface area of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, spheres, hemispheres, and cones.
- Calculate the volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, spheres, hemispheres, and cones.
- Determine the density of a 3-dimensional object.
Unit Essential Questions
- How can we use formulas and reasoning to find the area of plane and composite figures in real-world and mathematical contexts?
- How does understanding surface area help us design and build objects in the real world, like packaging, buildings, or art?
- What strategies can we use to find the volume of prisms and pyramids, and why is this important?
Lesson Essential Questions
- How does the formula for area relate to the properties of a shape (like base, height, radius)?
- How can we calculate and apply the area of sectors?
- What is a composite figure, and how can we break it down into simpler shapes?
- How can we use area formulas of basic shapes to find the area of a composite figure?
- What strategies can we use to subtract areas when there are missing or hollow parts?
- Why do we use different formulas for different 3D figures?
- How can calculating surface area be useful in real-world contexts (e.g., packaging, painting, wrapping)?
- How do we calculate the volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres?
- What is density, and how does it relate mass and volume in 3D objects?
Materials/Resources
- Desmos: https://www.desmos.com/scientific
- IXL: https://www.ixl.com/math/
- Scientific Calculators
- All Things Algebra: Geometry Curriculum
- Collaborative Geometry Google Drive:
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y3VVUGFBuFh7Zx8521Ez62HwDU0FAoG4?usp=drive_link
