Friday, October 22, 2010

EXTRA CREDIT FOR GEOMETRY!!!

The first term is ending so just in case you need a little boost to your grade...here's your chance!!!

Details: We have one more test before the end of term on triangles. There are a lot of new terms and things to memorize. So your task is to come up with a fun, creative way to remember everything we have learned about triangles that you can share with the class (if you would rather not present to the class, you can just present to me).

For example: Come up with a song that helps to remember that a centroid is made by three medians, a circumcenter is made by three perpendicular bisectors, an orthocenter is made by three altitudes, and an incenter is made by three angle bisectors.

OR: Come up with a way to remember that a median is the midpoint connected to the opposite vertex, an altitude is the perpendicular line through the vertex, a perpendicular bisector is a perpendicular line through the midpoint, and an angle bisector is a line that splits the angle.

OR: Be creative to remember the difference between a scalene, isosceles, equilateral, acute, right, and obtuse triangles.

Have fun with this and be creative. The better the method the more extra credit points you will receive! Good luck!!

Note: Your ideas need to be ready to share next class...the day of the review.