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Honors Geometry combines the contemporary discovery approach with the
logical rigor of traditional geometry courses. The course
incorporates software for performing geometric constructions and also
a computer-based Proof Environment for writing formal proofs.
List of Topics
- Assignment 1: What is Geometry? Why Study Geometry?
- Assignment 2: History of Geometry. Introduction to Dynamic Geometry.
- Assignment 3: Points of Concurrency on a Triangle.
- Assignment 4: The Deductive Approach. Introduction to Propositional Logic.
- Assignment 5: Propositional Logic in the EPGY Proof Environment.
- Assignment 6: First-order Logic in the EPGY Proof Environment.
- Assignment 7: Formal Geometry-Points and Lines.
- Assignment 8: Parallel Lines.
- Assignment 9: Betweenness.
- Assignment 10: Line Segments and Rays.
- Assignment 11: Betweenness of Rays.
- Assignment 12: Angles and Triangles.
- Assignment 13: Congruence of Segments and Angles.
- Assignment 14: Triangle Congruence.
- Assignment 15: Transversals of Parallel Lines.
- Assignment 16: Ordering and Adding Segments and Angles.
- Assignment 17: Bisectors, Perpendiculars, and Special Triangles.
- Assignment 18: Parallelograms and Other Quadrilaterals.
- Assignment 19: Introduction to Measurement.
- Assignment 20: Similar Triangles.
- Assignment 21: Right Triangles.
- Assignment 22: Area.
- Assignment 23: Circles, Arcs, and Chords.
- Assignment 24: Inscribed Angles and Other Angles.
Prerequisite: Honors Algebra (M011) required, Honors Intermediate Algebra recommended (M012)
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