Picture Perfect Geometry

This lesson is one part of a larger unit plan that covers all the properties of triangles and several other theorems. It has proofs, real world problems, constructions, a unit project, assessments, and more. In Lesson 3, “Picture Perfect Geometry”. students review Geometry vocabulary by producing a booklet of terms with associated real world pictures. The entire unit plan can be found here. This lesson is the beginning of the Unit Project, but could be adapted to use independently.

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Picture Perfect Geometry

Standards & Objectives

Essential and guiding questions:

From Lesson 1:

What is the big deal about good definitions?
Are there limits to Geometry?
How do the properties of one-dimensional figures influence their use?
Can everything be defined?

From Lesson 2:

What makes a definition good?
Why is it important to have a good definition for angles and angle pairs?
What are the limits of geometrical representations and modeling?

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level:

Applying

Helpful Hints

Materials:

Paper
Construction Paper
Magazines
Computers with Internet Access
Glue
Markers
Highlighters
Scissors

References

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