MA241 -- Geometry for Middle School Teachers

Course Information

• Syllabus
• Summary of Class (Updated frequently)
• Blackboard at UK
• Suggestions on Approaching Mathematics

Assignments

• Homework #1
• Homework #2
• Homework #3
• Homework #4
• Homework #5
• Homework #6
• Homework #7
• Homework #8
• Homework #9
• Homework #10
• Homework #11

Some Course Materials

• Covering and Surrounding
  • Online Graph Paper
  • Rectangle Area Problem
  • Circle Area Problem
  • Polygon Area Problems
  • Area and Perimeter with Google Maps
  • Pattern Shapes App for Shape Set
  • Area App for Areas on the Earth
  • DistancePinner App for Distances on the Earth
  • NLVM Pattern Blocks
  • NLVM Space Blocks
  • Optimizing Coverage: Security Cameras Mathematics Assessment Project -- Area
  • Maximizing Area: Gold Rush Mathematics Assessment Project -- Constant perimeter, changing area
  • Using Space Efficiently: Packing a Truck Mathematics Assessment Project -- Volume
  • Designing 3D Products: Candy Cartons Mathematics Assessment Project -- Surface area, volume, prisms, nets
  • Estimating Volume: The Money Munchers Mathematics Assessment Project
  • Dan Meyer's Three-Act Math Tasks
    • Bubble Wrap
    • Dandy Candies
• Shapes and Designs
  • Triangle Classification (pdf file)
  • Triangle Classification (GeoGebra file)
  • Quadrilateral Classification (Thanks to Sinclair Carroll)
  • Polygon Symmetry
  • NLMV Tessellations
  • NLVM Geoboard
  • Describing and Defining Triangles Mathematics Assessment Project
  • Describing and Defining Quadrilaterals Mathematics Assessment Project
  • Applying Angle Theorems Mathematics Assessment Project -- Interior and exterior angles of polygons
• Stretching and Shrinking
  • Powers of Ten Video
    • A Question of Scale
    • Cosmic Scale
    • The Scale of the Universe
    • Cosmic Eye iPad App
  • On Being the Right Size
• Filling and Wrapping
  • Isometric app from Illuminations
  • iPad app for building with blocks
• Looking for Pythagoras
  • Puzzle (SketchUp file)
• Scott Kim's Ambigram Handout
• Isometry Identification Problems
  • Isometry 1 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 2 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 3 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 4 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 5 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 6 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 7 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 8 (GeoGebra file)

Other Resources

• Books, Articles, and Websites

  • Common Core State Standards Initiative
    • Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
    • Illustrative Mathematics
  • Growth Mindset
    • The Effort Effect
    • Taxi Drivers' Brains
  • Euclid's Elements
  • SMSG Texts (High School textbooks)
    • SMSG Geometry Parts I and II Summary
    • Geometry, Part I
    • Geometry, Part II
    • Geometry With Coordinates, Part I
    • Geometry with Coordinates, Part II
    • Analytic Geometry
  • History of Geometry (Wikipedia)
  • Wolfram MathWorld

• Software and Apps

  • Desmos
  • GeoGebra
    • GeoGebra Quickstart
    • iPad App
  • SketchUp
    • Using SketchUp
    • Jessie Clark SketchUp Project
  • Wingeom
  • The Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Cabri
  • Spherical Easel
  • NonEuclid
  • Blender
  • POV-Ray
  • WolframAlpha
  • Some iPad Apps

• Miscellaneous

  • Mathematics Education and Outreach Resources