Resource Summary
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RightStart Geometry Lessons by Joan A. Cotter (Author) Basic geometry for the middle school child (and older) using the tool set of drawing board, T-square, triangles, compass, and angle ruler. Use with Geometry worksheets and solutions books. |
Details
- Resource Type: Book
- Print Status: In Print
- Lessons: 142
- Suggested Grade Level: 5th - 8th
- Subjects: Math
- Publisher: Activities for Learning
- Edition: Preliminary Edition
- Copyright: 2005
- URL: http://www.alabacus.com/
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Lesson Details
- 1 — Getting Started
- 2 — Drawing Diagonals
- 3 — Drawing Stars
- 4 — Equilateral Triangles into Halves
- 5 — Equilateral Triangles into Sixths & Thirds
- 6 — Equilateral Triangles into Fourths & Eighths
- 7 — Equilateral Triangles into Ninths
- 8 — Hexagrams and Solomon's Seal
- 9 — Equilateral Triangles into Twelfths
- 10 — Measuring Perimeter in Centimeters
- 11 — Drawing Parallelograms in Centimeters
- 12 — Measuring Perimeter in Inches
- 13 — Drawing Parallelograms in Inches
- 14 — Drawing Rectangles
- 15 — Drawing Rhombuses
- 16 — Drawing Squares
- 17 — Classifying Quadrilaterals
- 18 — The Fraction Chart
- 19 — Patterns in Fractions
- 20 — Measuring With Sixteenths
- 21 — A Fraction of Geometry Figures
- 22 — Making the Whole
- 23 — Ratios and Nested Squares
- 24 — Square Centimeters
- 25 — Square Inches
- 26 — Area of a Rectangle
- 27 — Comparing Areas of Rectangles
- 28 — Product of a Number and Two More
- 29 — Area of Consecutive Squares
- 30 — Perimeter Formula for Rectangles
- 31 — Area of a Parallelogram
- 32 — Comparing Calculated Areas of Parallelograms
- 33 — Area of a Triangle
- 34 — Comparing Calculated Areas of Triangles
- 35 — Converting Inches to Centimeters
- 36 — Name that Figure
- 37 — Finding the Areas of More Triangles
- 38 — Area of Trapezoids
- 39 — Area of Hexagons
- 40 — Area of Octagons
- 41 — Ratios of Areas
- 42 — Measuring Angles
- 43 — Supplementary and Vertical Angles
- 44 — Measure of the Angles in a Polygon
- 45 — Classifying Triangles by Sides and Angles
- 46 — External Angles of a Triangle
- 47 — Angles Formed With Parallel Lines
- 48 — Triangles With Congruent Sides (SSS)
- 49 — Other Congruent Triangles (SAS, ASA)
- 50 — Side and Angle Relationships in Triangles
- 51 — Medians in Triangles
- 52 — More About Medians in Triangles
- 53 — Midpoints in a Triangle
- 54 — Rectangles Inscribed in a Triangle
- 55 — Connecting Midpoints in a Quadrilateral
- 56 — Introducing the Pythagorean Theorem
- 57 — Squares on Right Triangles
- 58 — Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem
- 59 — Finding Square Roots
- 60 — More Right Angle Problems
- 61 — The Square Root Spiral
- 62 — Circle Basics
- 63 — Ratio of Circumference to Diameter
- 64 — Inscribed Polygons
- 65 — Tangents to Circles
- 66 — Circumscribed Polygons
- 67 — Pi, a Special Number
- 68 — Circle Designs
- 69 — Rounding Edges with Tangents
- 70 — Tangent Circles
- 71 — Bisecting Angles
- 72 — Perpendicular Bisectors
- 73 — The Amazing Nine-Point Circle
- 74 — Drawing Arcs
- 75 — Angles 'n Arcs
- 76 — Arc Length
- 77 — Area of a Circle
- 78 — Finding the Area of a Circle
- 79 — Finding More Area
- 80 — Pizza Problems
- 81 — Revisiting Tangrams
- 82 — Aligning Objects
- 83 — Reflecting
- 84 — Rotating
- 85 — Making Wheel Designs
- 86 — Identifying Reflections & Rotations
- 87 — Translations
- 88 — Transformations
- 89 — Double Reflections
- 90 — Finding the Line of Reflection
- 91 — Finding the Center of Rotation
- 92 — More Double Reflections
- 93 — Angles of Incidence and Reflection
- 94 — Lines of Symmetry
- 95 — Rotation Symmetry
- 96 — Symmetry Connections
- 97 — Frieze Patterns
- 98 — Introduction to Tessellations
- 99 — Two Pentagon Tessellations
- 100 — Regular Tessellations
- 101 — Semiregular Tessellations
- 102 — Demiregular Tessellations
- 103 — Pattern Units
- 104 — Dual Tessellations
- 105 — Tartan Plaids
- 106 — Tessellating Triangles
- 107 — Tessellating Quadrilaterals
- 108 — Escher Tessellations
- 109 — Tessellation Summary & Mondrian Art
- 110 — Box Fractal
- 111 — Sierpinski Triangle
- 112 — Koch Snowflake
- 113 — Cotter Tens Fractal
- 114 — Similar Triangles
- 115 — Fractions on the Multiplication Table
- 116 — Cross Multiplying on the Multiplication Table
- 117 — Measuring Heights
- 118 — Golden Ratio
- 120 — Fibonacci Sequence
- 121 — Fibonacci Numbers and Phi
- 122 — Golden Ratios and Other Ratios Around Us
- 123 — Napoleon's Theorem
- 124 — Pick's Theorem
- 125 — Pick's Theorem With the Stomachion
- 126 — Pick's Theorem and Pythagorean Theorem
- 127 — Estimating Area with Pick's Theorem
- 128 — Distance Formula
- 129 — Euler Paths
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