17-Week High School Geometry Semester A
In this 17-week course, we'll cover the first half of a high school geometry curriculum.
Drew Smith
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4.7
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What's included
17 live meetings
15 hrs 35 mins in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. Students will receive a PDF of the lesson and a homework assignment to review the lesson. The following week, a solution video will be posted for the prior week's homework.Assessment
Students wishing to receive a grade will be sent unit tests after we finish each section.Grading
includedClass Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
The first semester will include some review of geometric concepts students learned in pre-algebra and algebra. We will also touch on the concepts of proofs and reasoning, but the primary focus will be in using proofs, theorems, postulates, formulas, and definitions to solve equations and answer word problems rather than just prove elements are what we suspect they are. Some high school geometry courses focus heavily on proofs, which can be quite beneficial for students looking to pursue logic-oriented or debate-based interests and goals. Others focus on using the proof arguments to solve algebraic problems. These also use logic and reasoning but aren't as debate-oriented. That said, this course will have a Reasoning and Proof unit so as to cover this element of geometry. Unit 1: Review of Coordinate Plane Geometry - Week 1: Points, Lines, and Slopes (including perpendicular and parallel lines) - Week 2: Shapes in the Coordinate Plane (Including points at vertices) Unit 2: Review of Area, Perimeter, Circumference - Week 3: Perimeter, Circumference, and Area of Parallelograms, Triangles, and Circles, and Other Regular Polygons - Week 4: Areas of Circles and Arcs Unit 3: Similarity - Week 5: Ratio and Proportion and Similar Polygons and Triangles - Week 6: Perimeter and Area of Similar Figures Unit 4: Surface Area and Volume - Week 7: Figures and Nets - Week 8: Surface Area of Cones, Pyramids, Prisms, Cylinders, and Spheres - Week 9: Volume of Cones, Pyramids, Prisms, Cylinders, and Spheres Unit 5: Reasoning and Proof - Week 10: Conditional Statements, Bi-conditional statements, and Definitions - Week 11: Inverses, Contrapositives, and Inequalities - Week 12: Deductive Reasoning and Reasoning in Algebra - Week 13: Proving Angles Congruent - Week 14: Properties of and Proving Parallel Lines - Week 15: Parallel Lines and Triangle Sum Theorem Unit 6: Congruent Triangles - Week 16: Congruent Triangles: SSS and SAS (side-side-side and side-angle-side) - Week 17: Congruent Triangles ASA and AAS (angle-side-angle and angle-angle-side) Students will receive a PDF of the lesson and a homework assignment to review the lesson. The following week, a solution video will be posted for the prior week's homework. Students wishing to receive a grade will be sent unit tests after we finish each section.
Other Details
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I'm a former middle and high school teacher of math and English with 15 years of experience teaching both in person and online.
I love making topics like math and writing less scary and more fun for students. I've found that algebra is less intimidating when students have a good foundation in the basics, but that sometimes worrying about "the right way" can limit understanding. Similarly, I've found that worrying about perfection can make writing harder, especially when one of the first rules is: Writing is rewriting.
When not teaching or writing, I love reading good books, practicing martial arts, and spending time with my family which includes six cats and two ducks. Reviews
Live Group Class
$300
for 17 classes1x per week, 17 weeks
55 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
2-12 learners per class
