Overview
Aligned with the common core curriculum of high school Geometry, during this
course students begin to formalize their geometry experiences from
elementary and middle school, using more precise definitions and developing
careful proofs.
Curriculum
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Experiment with transformations in the plane
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Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions
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Prove geometric theorems
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Make geometric constructions
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Understand similarity in terms of similarity
transformations
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Prove theorems involving similarity
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Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving
right triangles
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Apply trigonometry to general triangles
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Understand and apply theorems about circles
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Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles
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Translate between the geometric description and the
equation for a conic section
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Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems
algebraically
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Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems
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Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and
three-dimensional objects
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Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations