I've made numerous attempts at helping my geometry students understand the connections between scale factor, perimeter, and area of a polygon. My first attempt was an exploration. I wasn't pleased with the results. It was too challenging for my students who were not confident in calculating area and perimeter. Then I tried extending it by [...]
I spent way too much time on Vi Hart's YouTube channel last year. Her hexaflexagons intrigued me. I decided to see if I could harness the power of 18 equilateral triangles in a fun little package to help my students with some key concepts. First came my slope hexaflexagon. [...]
Here are the geometry assignments for the week of May 11th– May 15th, 2020. Monday: Watch the video and take notes on the notes sheet. Do the Cylinders Surface Area & Volume assignment. When you’re finished, submit your work via the Quizizz. Tuesday: Join me for the Zoom meeting Wednesday: Watch the video and take notes on the notes sheet. Do the Cones Surface Area & Volume. Then [...]
Feel free to work at the suggested pace below or at your own pace provided you complete all assignments by 11:59 PM Sunday. Monday: Desmos Exploring the Graphs of Polar Equations - Go to student.desmos.com and type the class code 1st hour 87N6JP , 2nd hour AE85B6 Tuesday: Visit my website/blog for a video and to take notes on Graphing Polar Equations. Do the matching worksheet. [...]
Honors precalculus assignments for the week of May 4 – May 8, 2020. Feel free to work at the suggested pace below or at your own pace provided you complete all assignments by 11:59 PM Sunday. Monday: Visit my website/blog for a video and to take notes on an Introduction to Polar Coordinates Tuesday: Go [...]
Here are the geometry assignments for the week of May 4th – May 10th, 2020. Monday: Watch the video at https://youtu.be/dyoyJB6Ihic and take notes on the notes sheet. Do the Arc Length assignment. When you’re finished, take the homework Quizizz at quizizz.com/join?gc=783139. Tuesday: Join me for the Zoom meeting Wednesday: Watch the video at https://youtu.be/kvdIBlI9GMY. And take notes on the notes sheet. Do the Area of Sectors assignment. Then enter your answers and check your [...]
Here are the geometry assignments for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2020. Monday: Try the Circles Exploration. If you get stuck, watch the video at https://youtu.be/VWOX7xoKBNU. And take notes on the Circles Exploration sheet. Tuesday: Do the Circles in a Coordinate Plane worksheet. Submit answers on this quizizz or go to joinmyquiz.com and type code 552413 and email your work to me. Wednesday: Watch the video at https://expl.ai/BHRHLAR and do the Area [...]
Honors precalculus assignments for the week of April 27 – May 1, 2020. Feel free to work at the suggested pace below or at your own pace provided you complete all assignments by 11:59 PM Sunday. Monday: Review 10.2-10.4 with the Conics Review Tuesday: Visit your teacher’s blog/website to check your assignment with the key. Wednesday: Go to student.desmos.com and type the [...]
Here are the geometry assignments for the week of April 20 – April 24, 2020. Monday: Watch the video at https://youtu.be/PTrpkCGl7Ds Take notes – notes sheet Tuesday: Do the Central and Inscribed Angles worksheet. Submit answers on this quizizz and email your work to me. Wednesday: Do the challenge assignment below and check your answers when the key becomes available on Thursday. Vocabulary [...]
