Course Description
Textbook: Geometry, Prentice Hall Mathematics and ALEKS - online course
Overview:
In this Year 3 Geometry course students will be provided with experiences that deepen their understanding of two and three-dimensional objects and their properties. Deductive and inductive reasoning as well as investigative strategies in drawing conclusions are stressed. Properties and relationships of geometric objects include the study of: points, lines, angles, and planes; polygons, with a special focus on quadrilaterals, triangles, right triangles; circles; and polyhedra and other solids. An understanding of proof and logic is developed. Technology skills will be employed to facilitate learning. Students will apply their knowledge to make and test conjectures.
IB MYP projects are varied as they relate to our studies and integrate with additional subjects.
Topics Covered:
Tools of geometry, reasoning and proof, parallel and perpendicular lines, congruent triangles, relationships within triangles, quadrilaterals, similarities, right triangles and trigonometry, transformations, area, surface area and volume, and circles
Formative Assessment:
Class work, homework, quizzes, reflection written and/or oral
Summative Assessment:
Unit Tests, mid-term and final exams, MYP projects
Areas Of Interaction:
ATL’s: Knowledge acquisition, critical thinking skills, communication skills, collaborative skills note taking, recognizing concepts and applying skills, using a calculator, using appropriate technology skills, developing and applying problem-solving strategies, approximating data, diagramming, organizing data
Human Ingenuity: Square roots and the Pythagorean Theorem
Environments: What happens when you reduce and enlarge an object
Community & Service: Make proposals for school addition and/or redesign and area
Health & Social Education: Product design and packaging
MYP: Mathematics Year 3, Aims and Objectives: At the end of Year 3 students should be able to demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of the following five branches of mathematics: • number • algebra • geometry and trigonometry • probability • discrete mathematics by being able to:
• know and demonstrate understanding of some of the concepts of number, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, probability;
• use appropriate mathematical concepts and skills to solve problems in both familiar and unfamiliar situations including those in real-life contexts;
• understand mathematical relationships;
• describe patterns as relationships or general rules;
• arrive at a single result or set of results and make predictions consistent with findings.