We are going to be getting notes about five 3-dimensional shapes....prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone, and sphere.
This extra credit project is:
1 Make each shape out of paper.
2. Measure the important dimensions.
3. Find the volume
4. Find the area.
Since there are 5 shapes, the minimum you may do to hand in is 3. Or do all 5 for maximum...I realize the sphere may be a challenge, but think about opening up an orange? Practice with one....it might give you some ideas...
Due June 3, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Term 4 Mid Term week 4
Well students....there are only a few weeks/days left of this school year. We have been working hard on proof and now studying our quadrilaterals.
Here is extra credit for these 2 weeks, due May 15. Please respond to this question. You may just post it on the blog here and I will check this to give you credit.
Respond: What is the purpose of studying proof? Give an example of the logical thinking and reasoning that you or your parents have used. Be sure to justify the step by step process.
Here is extra credit for these 2 weeks, due May 15. Please respond to this question. You may just post it on the blog here and I will check this to give you credit.
Respond: What is the purpose of studying proof? Give an example of the logical thinking and reasoning that you or your parents have used. Be sure to justify the step by step process.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Term 4....
Here we go! I want you to know that this term covers new material. During the first term, you could rely on your previous knowledge to help understand what we were learning, like Pythagorean Theorem. This term, we will continue working with the trigonometry ratios to solve problems. We will finish our study of solving for missing sides or angles of triangles using law of sines and cosines.
Next we investigate quadrilaterals, then polygons. We will learn how to find area of regular polygons. This knowledge will extend to 3 dimensional shapes and volume.
This all evolves to circles.
Shapes are important in our daily lives. Begin to look around at what you use and what you buy, what shapes catch your eye and how design is important to marketing.
Our time will fly by as spring and nice weather approaches!! Good luck!
Next we investigate quadrilaterals, then polygons. We will learn how to find area of regular polygons. This knowledge will extend to 3 dimensional shapes and volume.
This all evolves to circles.
Shapes are important in our daily lives. Begin to look around at what you use and what you buy, what shapes catch your eye and how design is important to marketing.
Our time will fly by as spring and nice weather approaches!! Good luck!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
3/14 Term is ending!
Here is one more opportunity to earn extra credit for term 3.
We are studying trigonometry. What I want you to find out is some history on right triangle trigonometry. Who is responsible for noticing the ratios?
When was the similarity relationship acknowledged?
Post your answers and what you find out on the blog and I will check this.
Why the names sine, cosine,and tangent??
What else is interesting?
We are studying trigonometry. What I want you to find out is some history on right triangle trigonometry. Who is responsible for noticing the ratios?
When was the similarity relationship acknowledged?
Post your answers and what you find out on the blog and I will check this.
Why the names sine, cosine,and tangent??
What else is interesting?
Thursday, February 21, 2008
TERM 3 Honor's Geometry!!!
Hello Term 3-ers!!!!
I decided to NOT delete the extra credit questions from term 1&2, but to leave them for you to look at. Instead I will pull my thoughts together and create some new questions for you to respond to. Our world is filled with interesting geometric concepts.
So....as we study angles in chapter 2 and 3, your first extra credit project is this: Look about your home, yard, neighborhood, or city. Take pictures of "things" which show parallel lines and special angle pairs that we have studied. Print the picture. Take a marker and show me the 2 parallel lines cut by the transversal and identify the angle pairs that make this picture interesting. I will take a maximum of 3 pictures from you for extra credit. I will ask you to present this to me or maybe the class if you want to. When you are finished, please post a note about what you took pictures of and why it was interesting enough for a picture. This is a fun project to do!
Due Date:March 6, 2008
I decided to NOT delete the extra credit questions from term 1&2, but to leave them for you to look at. Instead I will pull my thoughts together and create some new questions for you to respond to. Our world is filled with interesting geometric concepts.
So....as we study angles in chapter 2 and 3, your first extra credit project is this: Look about your home, yard, neighborhood, or city. Take pictures of "things" which show parallel lines and special angle pairs that we have studied. Print the picture. Take a marker and show me the 2 parallel lines cut by the transversal and identify the angle pairs that make this picture interesting. I will take a maximum of 3 pictures from you for extra credit. I will ask you to present this to me or maybe the class if you want to. When you are finished, please post a note about what you took pictures of and why it was interesting enough for a picture. This is a fun project to do!
Due Date:March 6, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Last Post for the course!
My last question for you to respond to is this... to do for extra credit...
In this course, we started with lines and angles, discovered many things about triangles, worked on congruence and similarity. We went on to study quadrilaterals and then polygons. Our area formulas evolved into circles, with formula for area and circumference of circles. Lastly we had a small amount of time to learn about volume of 5 shapes and their surface areas.
To receive extra credit, this project will be due when you take your final exam, turned in before you take the test...
On one piece of paper, draw each of the 5 shapes we study (prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone, and sphere).
Give the dimensions of each shape and calculate both the surface area and volume of each.
Thank you for being a part of the class and the blog. Best wishes as you continue your journey through mathematics!
Mrs Tucker
In this course, we started with lines and angles, discovered many things about triangles, worked on congruence and similarity. We went on to study quadrilaterals and then polygons. Our area formulas evolved into circles, with formula for area and circumference of circles. Lastly we had a small amount of time to learn about volume of 5 shapes and their surface areas.
To receive extra credit, this project will be due when you take your final exam, turned in before you take the test...
On one piece of paper, draw each of the 5 shapes we study (prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone, and sphere).
Give the dimensions of each shape and calculate both the surface area and volume of each.
Thank you for being a part of the class and the blog. Best wishes as you continue your journey through mathematics!
Mrs Tucker
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