Short Geometry Labs

Visual and Tactile Understanding First

Francis Gardella, Richard Delaware

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781648029325
  9781648029332
• eBook ISBN:
  9781806603015
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Curricula

Much of the content that students study in a high school geometry course is totally new to them. The middle school mathematics curriculum does not contain preparatory work for many of these topics as it does in preparing students for the study of Algebra. The proposed text would be a landmark book giving students the ability to gain some understanding of the content before it is formally addressed in the lesson in the course.

While many teachers use initial classroom activities called 'DoNows,' there are no structured materials available to teachers of Geometry for this purpose. When teachers do use them, these activities are constructed by the teachers. The text provides the teachers with such materials and is structured to address what the teachers are about to present to the students.

The Labs can also be used for exploration of topics at the middle school level enhancing the program there and giving students a better preparation for their high school Geometry program.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• A Note to Students and Teachers
• Introduction—Geometry Labs: Getting Understanding Started
• SECTION I Angles
• SECTION II Area and Surface Area
• SECTION III Circles
• SECTION IV Congruence
• SECTION V Geometry in Space
• SECTION VI Midpoint
• SECTION VII Parallel Lines
• SECTION VIII Perimeter
• SECTION IX Perpendicular Lines
• SECTION X Properties of Polygons
• SECTION XI Pythagorean Theorem and Distance Formula
• SECTION XII Similarity
• SECTION XIII Triangles
• SECTION XIV Volume
• About the Authors