Course Syllabus
Fundamentals of geometry, including angles, triangle similarity and congruence, complicated area problems, mastering the triangle, special quadrilaterals, polygons, the art of angle chasing, power of a point, 3-dimensional geometry, transformations, analytic geometry, basic trigonometry, geometric proof, and more.
Book: Introduction to Geometry, the Art of Problem Solving, by Richard Rusczyk
Time Commitment: This 24 course includes 1.5 in-class hours and 2-3 hours of homework each class, corresponding to a full-year course.
Graphic Tool: GeoGebra, https://www.geogebra.org/geometry
Content:
Class | Topic |
1 | Angles |
2 | Triangle Angles and Congruent Triangles |
3 | Isosceles & Equilateral Triangles, Perimeter, and Area |
4 | Similar Triangles |
5 | Similar Triangles and Right Triangles |
6 | More Right Triangles! |
7 | Special Parts of a Triangle |
8 | Special Parts of a Triangle, Continued! |
9 | Quadrilaterals |
10 | More Quadrilaterals |
11 | Polygons |
12 | Geometric Inequalities |
13 | Introduction to Circles |
14 | Circles and Angles |
15 | Tangents |
16 | Power of a Point |
17 | 3D Geometry Part 1 |
18 | 3D Geometry Part 2 |
19 | Transformations |
20 | Analytic Geometry |
21 | More Analytic Geometry |
22 | Basic Trigonometry |
23 | Problems! |
24 | More Problems! |