Calendar
Standards
1.) Prove theorems involving similarity
a. G-SRT 4
b. G-SRT 5
2.) Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles
a. G-SRT 6
b. G-SRT 7
c. G-SRT 8
a. G-SRT 4
b. G-SRT 5
2.) Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles
a. G-SRT 6
b. G-SRT 7
c. G-SRT 8
Resources
1.) Resource: Congruence and Similarity
Lexile: 1185L
Author/Publisher: The Learning Equation Math
Link to Original or Citation: http://staff.argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/3202.htm
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: The site is presents key terms and games to learn the vocabulary, content covering similar and congruent triangles, and then offers several enrichments to help the students master the content.
2.) Resource: Pythagoras Theorem
Lexile: 1000L
Author/Publisher: Mathisfun.com
Link to Original or Citation: http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: This website is full of short and concise information which can uses as a great anticipatory guide. It provides several examples and applications of the theorem and activities that they can perform if they need extra practice on mastering the content.
Non-Fiction/Informational Text:
1.) Resource: Pythagorean Theorem
Lexile: 1050L
Author/Publisher: Wikipedia
Link to Original or Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: The students can use this resource to view the formal proofs that lead to the discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem, which will help them better understand the thoughts and applications that lead to the discovery.
2.) Resource: Greek Mathematics
Lexile: 1100L
Author/Publisher: The Story of Mathematics
Link to Original or Citation: http://www.storyofmathematics.com/greek.html
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: This resource will expand the students understanding of the developments and discoveries that Greek mathematicians have made. The source is intended to inform the students on all the contributions Greeks have made to our modern day mathematics.
Online Video:
1.) Resource: Wizard of OZ and the Pythagorean Theorem
Author/Publisher: Teacher Tube
Link to Original or Citation: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=145155
How will resource be used in class? Played aloud in class
Evaluation: This source will be used to introduce the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem in a manner that the students will be able to relate. The purpose of the video is to add some entertainment in the lesson while still implementing instructional information.
Children’s Book:
1.) Resource: What’s your angle Pythagoras? A Math Adventure
Lexile: 420L
Author/Publisher: Julie Ellis
How will resource be used in class? Collaborative Reading
Evaluation: This book presents the Pythagorean Theorem in the setting of ancient Greece and how young Pythagoras discovers a special pattern and uses it to solve special right triangles. This source will be used as in entertaining way to define the discovery of the Pythagorean theorem.
Trade Books:
1.) Resource: Geometry
Lexile: 1335L
Author/Publisher: Glencoe McGraw-Hill
How will resource be used in class? Course textbook
Evaluation: This resource is made for student use and provides relevant information and applications on the content.
2.) Resource: A History of Mathematics
Lexile: 1385L
Author/Publisher: Uta Merzbach & Carl Boyer
How will resource be used in class? Collaborative Reading
Evaluation: This book covers the history and importance of mathematics beginning from the Babylonians to modern day; this will be very beneficial to the assigned project and figuring out all the contributions different civilizations have made to modern day math. This resource will be used to inform the students on specific information needed to guide them in their project.
Lexile: 1185L
Author/Publisher: The Learning Equation Math
Link to Original or Citation: http://staff.argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/3202.htm
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: The site is presents key terms and games to learn the vocabulary, content covering similar and congruent triangles, and then offers several enrichments to help the students master the content.
2.) Resource: Pythagoras Theorem
Lexile: 1000L
Author/Publisher: Mathisfun.com
Link to Original or Citation: http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: This website is full of short and concise information which can uses as a great anticipatory guide. It provides several examples and applications of the theorem and activities that they can perform if they need extra practice on mastering the content.
Non-Fiction/Informational Text:
1.) Resource: Pythagorean Theorem
Lexile: 1050L
Author/Publisher: Wikipedia
Link to Original or Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: The students can use this resource to view the formal proofs that lead to the discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem, which will help them better understand the thoughts and applications that lead to the discovery.
2.) Resource: Greek Mathematics
Lexile: 1100L
Author/Publisher: The Story of Mathematics
Link to Original or Citation: http://www.storyofmathematics.com/greek.html
How will resource be used in class? Independent Research
Evaluation: This resource will expand the students understanding of the developments and discoveries that Greek mathematicians have made. The source is intended to inform the students on all the contributions Greeks have made to our modern day mathematics.
Online Video:
1.) Resource: Wizard of OZ and the Pythagorean Theorem
Author/Publisher: Teacher Tube
Link to Original or Citation: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=145155
How will resource be used in class? Played aloud in class
Evaluation: This source will be used to introduce the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem in a manner that the students will be able to relate. The purpose of the video is to add some entertainment in the lesson while still implementing instructional information.
Children’s Book:
1.) Resource: What’s your angle Pythagoras? A Math Adventure
Lexile: 420L
Author/Publisher: Julie Ellis
How will resource be used in class? Collaborative Reading
Evaluation: This book presents the Pythagorean Theorem in the setting of ancient Greece and how young Pythagoras discovers a special pattern and uses it to solve special right triangles. This source will be used as in entertaining way to define the discovery of the Pythagorean theorem.
Trade Books:
1.) Resource: Geometry
Lexile: 1335L
Author/Publisher: Glencoe McGraw-Hill
How will resource be used in class? Course textbook
Evaluation: This resource is made for student use and provides relevant information and applications on the content.
2.) Resource: A History of Mathematics
Lexile: 1385L
Author/Publisher: Uta Merzbach & Carl Boyer
How will resource be used in class? Collaborative Reading
Evaluation: This book covers the history and importance of mathematics beginning from the Babylonians to modern day; this will be very beneficial to the assigned project and figuring out all the contributions different civilizations have made to modern day math. This resource will be used to inform the students on specific information needed to guide them in their project.
Technology
The students will be making a webpage for a final project on the unit.