Student Activity Manual for College Geometry
A Problem Solving Approach with Applications
Published on 18. October 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-13-615798-4 (ISBN)
Description
This manual contains a wealth of hands-on activities correlated with chapters in the text. These activities promote learning of concepts and provide valuable hands-on geometry experience.
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Content
Chapter 1
Activity 1.1: "Division" Problems in Geometry
Activity 1.2: The Soma Cube Problem
Activity 1.3: Looking for Patterns
Activity 1.4: The Painted Cube Problem
Chapter 2
Activity 2.1: Quadrilaterals
Activity 2.2: The Tangram Puzzle
Activity 2.3: Symmetry
Activity 2.4: Tessellations
Activity 2.5: Angle Measures in Polygons
Activity 2.6: Polyhedra Models
Activity 2.7: Dimensional Analysis
Chapter 3
Activity 3.1: Perimeter and Area
Activity 3.2: Developing Area Formulas
Activity 3.3: Developing Circle Formulas
Activity 3.4: The Pythagorean Theorem
Activity 3.5: The Tangram Puzzle Revisited
Activity 3.6: Surface Area
Activity 3.7: Volume
Activity 3.8: Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders
Activity 3.9: The Soup Can Problem
Chapter 4
Activity 4.1: The Triangle Inequality and Revisiting the Pythagorean Theorem
Activity 4.2: Paper Folding "Constructions"
Activity 4.3: SAS Versus SSA
Activity 4.4: Exploring More Triangles
Chapter 5
Activity 5.1: Properties of Quadrilaterals
Activity 5.2: Subdividing Line Segments
Activity 5.3: Exploring Area and Constructions of Kites
Chapter 6
Activity 6.1: Introduction to Similar Triangles
Activity 6.2: Approximating Heights and Distances
Chapter 7
Activity 7.1: Circle Description
Activity 7.2: More Paper Folding "Constructions"
Activity 7.3: Reconstructing a Circle
Chapter 8
Activity 8.1: Slopes of Lines
Activity 8.2: Midsegments and the Midquad
Chapter 9
Activity 9.1: Tracing Paper Isometries
Activity 9.2: Size Transformations
ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES
MATERIALS PAGES
Activity 1.1: "Division" Problems in Geometry
Activity 1.2: The Soma Cube Problem
Activity 1.3: Looking for Patterns
Activity 1.4: The Painted Cube Problem
Chapter 2
Activity 2.1: Quadrilaterals
Activity 2.2: The Tangram Puzzle
Activity 2.3: Symmetry
Activity 2.4: Tessellations
Activity 2.5: Angle Measures in Polygons
Activity 2.6: Polyhedra Models
Activity 2.7: Dimensional Analysis
Chapter 3
Activity 3.1: Perimeter and Area
Activity 3.2: Developing Area Formulas
Activity 3.3: Developing Circle Formulas
Activity 3.4: The Pythagorean Theorem
Activity 3.5: The Tangram Puzzle Revisited
Activity 3.6: Surface Area
Activity 3.7: Volume
Activity 3.8: Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders
Activity 3.9: The Soup Can Problem
Chapter 4
Activity 4.1: The Triangle Inequality and Revisiting the Pythagorean Theorem
Activity 4.2: Paper Folding "Constructions"
Activity 4.3: SAS Versus SSA
Activity 4.4: Exploring More Triangles
Chapter 5
Activity 5.1: Properties of Quadrilaterals
Activity 5.2: Subdividing Line Segments
Activity 5.3: Exploring Area and Constructions of Kites
Chapter 6
Activity 6.1: Introduction to Similar Triangles
Activity 6.2: Approximating Heights and Distances
Chapter 7
Activity 7.1: Circle Description
Activity 7.2: More Paper Folding "Constructions"
Activity 7.3: Reconstructing a Circle
Chapter 8
Activity 8.1: Slopes of Lines
Activity 8.2: Midsegments and the Midquad
Chapter 9
Activity 9.1: Tracing Paper Isometries
Activity 9.2: Size Transformations
ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES
MATERIALS PAGES