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=Welcome to our Wiki for Math 1510 Spring 2010!=

What a wonderful semester it has been. I hope that this WikiPage will live beyond your experiences in Math 1510, especially when you have your first teaching job and are looking for resources on geometry and how the ideas in your curriculum are aligned with the NCTM standards. I have summarized some of the links that we've shared throughout the term for future reference. Best, Nicole

• Scratch: Download Scratch for free! • Another tool that we didn't have the opportunity to use but has similar capabilities to "GSP" (but is free) is called GeoGebra. • Download CPMP-Tools from CPMP-Tools site (click the green download button, you need JAVA -free install- free JAVA here for this program to run). Choose Course 1, Geometry, Design a Linkage. You'll see a screen like shown below. Play around with this tool. How does this help to illustrate the quadrilateral inequality? ** • Build shapes, paint them, rotate them, and view them from every imaginable perspective. To 3D and beyond! Painted Cubes Tool • " the theorem says that the large square has the same area as the small and medium squares combined." READ THIS ARTICLE!!! It's all about the Pythagorean theorem and how to PROVE it! You might be surprised that we did most of it already together in class...You're becoming expert inductive reasoners! Square Dancing • Scroll down this page to see a Java applet that steps through the construction of a proof. Neat! Visual Proof of P Theorem In how many different ways can this remarkable theorem be proved? Check it out... A Plethora of Proofs • As a teacher in training, I strongly encourage you to take 30 minutes to read this article from the New York Times about "Building a Better Teacher" <[]>. Set a goal to read it before next Tuesday 3/16/10. • It's always insightful to be connected to practice. Watch these brief video clips of teachers and strategies they use in real classrooms (some of the math classrooms) <[]>. **
 * __For Your Information__:
 * • You are responsible for knowing how to derive the area formulas for common 2D shapes (rectangle, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, circle). This article is a great resource for s  ummarizing our work with circles: Circles and Infinity

Note the updates to the calendar below. Also, previous assignments are listed under separate discussion threads from this home page (click the tab just above here called "Discussion").
 * Tentative Course Calendar - Overview Subject to Change**

I'll do my best to keep the calendar updated on a week to week basis, notifying you of big topics we cover and major assignments. Be warned that because there are multiple sections of this course, some of the assignment due dates and handout dates are subject to change. You should check back regularly for updates. Minor assignments and other course expectations (such as keeping up with your Summaries and Standards) will not necessarily be reflected in this overview. Always reference www.wmich.edu/registrar for University wide academic calendars. Click here for our course syllabus**. **

//Day One// Polygons and Triangles || 1/14 //Day Two// Triangles
 * 1/12

• Isosceles Triangle Homework Due 1/17, Bonus due 1/19 || //Day Three// Triangles and Quadrilaterals
 * 1/19

• New Writing Assignment (WA #1) handed out ** • For Thursday do CP p. 36 and CP p. 49 #6 • Be prepared to talk about the property sort ideas and definitions for special quadrilaterals ** || 1/21 //Day Four// Quadrilaterals

• For Tuesday 1/26: CP p. 36; p. 50 # 1, 2; CP p. 51 # 8, 10; CP p. 52 # 12; • Flexible for 1/26 or 1/28: CP p. 38, 39, 40 (reading) CP p. 52 #13 || //Day Five// Quadrilaterals
 * 1/26

• Collect WA #1 • Hand out WA #2 CP p. 52 #13 • CP p. 53-57 • Return to CP p.37 as needed || 1/28 //Day Six// Quadrilaterals and Sketchpad
 * •** CP p. 38, 39, 40 (reading)

• Finish any sketchpad activities that you did not complete in class. • Email Nicole your GSP file that you worked on in class. || //Day Seven// Symmetry and Sketchpad
 * 2/2

• Collect WA #2 • Project #1 handed out this week (maybe on Thursday instead) || 2/4 //Day Eight// Sketchpad, Angles and Symmetry • Quiz #1: Triangles and Quadrilaterals • Individual Mtg. w/Nicole by 2/5 • CP p. 77-78 #1-8 • CP p. 85 then respond to student thinking on CP p.92 • Self-assessment of WA#2 || //Day Nine// Symmetry, Angles, Regular Polygons, Intro to Logo Light
 * For Tuesday 2/9:**
 * 2/9

• Collect WA #2 rubric/reflection • 2 new Sketchpad tutorials using GSP 5.0; • CP p. 93 parts one & two; • CP p. 94 #2,3; • CP p. 95 #8 (4abc & 5abc). || 2/11 //Day Ten// Logo Light, Regular Polygons, Angles, Scratch Angles For Tuesday 2/16: • Use Logo Light (EXPDRAW) to draw all of the figures on CP p. 96, writing down the commands you use. • CP p. 94 #1,4, 5, 6, 7 ; • CP p. 95 #10, 11 • Download Scratch • Read CP p. 100-101 (with Scratch) || //Day Eleven Regular Polygons, Angle Conjectures, Scratch For Thursday 2/18 • Be ready to discuss CP p. 94 #1, #7 and CP p. 95 #10, 11. • What is an exterior angle? • Download Scratch [] • Read CP p. 100-101 (with Scratch open!) • Complete Scratch Exercise 1 (CP p. 102-103). // || 2/18 //Day Twelve// Regular Polygons, Angle Conjectures, Scratch Project #1 Due // For Tuesday 2/23: // • Use Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/) to complete exercises 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 (starting on p. 102). || //Day Thirteen Scratch (in lab) // //For Thursday 2/25//: • Complete all Scratch exercises. • Email Nicole 5-10 "goal statements" Quiz #2 || 2/25 //Day Fourteen// Scratch Discussion Congruency Transformations Summaries and Standards WikiPage Due 4:00 PM. • **Complete Scratch exercises. • Review summary of big ideas. • Complete Problem 2.1 A, B, C, on CP p. 112-114.** || //Day Fifteen Congruency Transformations //
 * For Thursday 2/11:**
 * 2/16
 * 2/23
 * 3/9

//For Thursday 3/11//: • Review summary of big ideas • Study for midterm exam || 3/11

Comprehensive Midterm Exam //For Tuesday 3/16//: • Rotations Problem 2.2 A-E (p. 118-) and #2ab (p. 133) with an example • Translations Problem 2.3 A-D (p. 122-) and #3ab (p. 133) with an example • #33 p. 132 || //Day Sixteen// Congruency Transformations Similarity //For Thursday 3/18//: CP p. 128 #6 OR 7 CP p. 129 #8 CP p. 130 #10-13, CP p. 131 #31 Example and non-example of a pair of similar shapes on CP p. 154. || 3/18 //Day Seventeen Similarity Triangle Inequality // For Tuesday 3/23//: CP p. 152 CP p. 155 (test in Scratch) CP p. 157 CP p. 154 (use millimeters to measure sides) // //Day Eighteen// Similarity Quad Inequality Area //For Thursday 3/25:// • CP p. 81 #1-12 even • CP p. 83 #1-3 • CP p. 51 #9 • Partner request form • Download CPMP-Tools from www.wmich.edu/cpmp/CPMP-Tools || 3/25 //Day Nineteen Area/Pythagorean Theorem // Take home minor assessment handed out. • CP p. 176-178 #1-3, 9 • CP p. 179 • CP p. 180 find area • CP p. 191-192 #1-7 ODD • CP p. 196 #7 • Cut out shapes from CP p. 210-211 ** || //Day Twenty// Area/Pythagorean Theorem //For Thursday 4/1//: * CP p. 190 #2 Project 2 handed out. || 4/1 //Day Twenty-one// Area For Tuesday 4/6: <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">• CP p. 208-209 (Move Along Little Vertex) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> *TYPOS in last two rows of table on p. 208, : change XCD à XZD and XCE à XZD • CP p. 212-215 #7, 8, 10-13, 16-22, __one__ of #23-25, __three__ of #26-31 with explanations. • CP p. 216-218 #21, __three__ of #22-27, 28, 29, 37, 38 Take home minor assessment due. || // Day Twenty-two // Area - Trapezoid and Circle • <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkitborderhorizontalspacing: 0px; webkitborderverticalspacing: 0px;">CP p. 232 • CP p. 225-231 #15-27, 36-38, 49 • CP p. 233 ODD • Read this short article on developing the area formula of a circle Developing Area of Circle || 4/8 // Day Twenty-three // 3D - Polyhedra, non-polyhedra, building with cubes
 * 3/16
 * Contribute to Wiki. ||
 * 3/23
 * //For Tuesday//:
 * 3/30
 * CP p. 192-193 # 13, 14, 17, 27
 * CP p. 194
 * CP p. 195-197 #5, 9
 * CP p. 199
 * 4/6

<span style="border-collapse: separate; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"> · Finish the Project, be sure to attend to the individual and group assessment (p. 8-9), · Make significant progress on your wiki pages, · CP p. 233 EVENS (and return to #1, 5, 7 if needed), · CP p. 216 the other __three__ of #22-27 · CP p. 215 #27 · CP p. 218 #37-38 · CP p. 249-250 (without blocks) || // Day Twenty-four // 3D - Silhouettes, Nets Homework for Thursday 4/15: <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Symbol,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"> • CP p. 251-252, p. 253-254 • CP p. 268-269 #1-8 • CP p. 270 #10-13 • CP p. 272 #1-3
 * 4 /13

Project 2 due. || 4/15 // Day Twenty-five // 3D - Nets, Surface Area, and Volume // Homework for Tuesday 4/20 // : <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">Nets and surface area: • CP p. 288 #28, 29 Minimizing Surface Area: • CP p. 282 #1-5 Volume: • CP p. 254-257 • CP p. 280-281 (all) • CP p. 283-287 #6-9, 15-16, 20, 25-27 || // Day Twenty-six // 3D - Volume Homework for Thursday 4/22 (be ready to discuss **bolded** problems) **:** <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Volume: • CP p. 291-296 #**1**, 2, 4-8, **14**, **16**, 18, **22**, **33** • CP p. 299-302 #2, **10**, 11, 15, 16, **17**, 18-20, **24-25** • CP p. 231 #9 ** saved from previous class, be ready to discuss your strategy • Review for final. ** // Day Twenty-seven // 3D - Volume Summaries and Standards Pages - Final Assessment due 4:00 PM
 * 4/20
 * Nicole presenting at NCTM Annual Meeting ** || 4/22

Study for finals!

Nicole presenting at NCTM Annual Meeting || We will meet a final time as a class on // Monday 4/26 //. // 5:00-6:30 PM //, location to be announced. We will use this time to ask/discuss questions and work on problems of __your choosing__. Nicole will also hold office hours from // 10:00AM-12:00PM Monday 4/2 // 6.
 * **Monday 4/26**

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM.** ||  ||
 * Tuesday 4/27**
 * Comprehensive Final Exam.

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