Central Bucks Academic Content Standards:

Mathematics

May 14, 1999
2.9 Understand and Apply the Space and Dimensionality Concepts of Geometry 2.9 Grade 3
(Geometry)
2.9 Grade 5
(Geometry)
2.9 Grade 8
(Geometry)
2.9 Grade 11
(Geometry)
A. Shapes and their properties A1. Name and label geometric shapes in two and three dimension (circle/sphere, square/cube, triangle/pyramid, rectangle/prism). A1. Give formal definitions of geometric figures. A1. Draw, label, measure and list the properties of complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles. A1. Construct figures incorporating perpendicular and parallel lines, the perpendicular bisector of a line segment and an angle bisector using computer software.
A2. Build geometric shapes using concrete objects (manipulatives). A2. Classify and compare triangles and quadrilaterals according to sides or angles. A2. Classify familiar polygons as regular or irregular up to a decagon. A2. Construct geometric figures using a dynamic geometry tool (Geometer’s Sketchpad, Cabri Geometre, etc.)
A3. Draw two and three dimensional geometric shapes and construct rectangles, squares, and triangles on the geoboard and on graph paper satisfying specific criteria. A3. Identify and measure circles, their diameters and radii. A3. Identify, name, draw, and list all properties of squares, cubes, pyramids, parallelograms, quadrilaterals, trapezoids, polygons, rectangles, rhombi, circles, spheres, triangles, prisms, and cylinders. A3. Prove two triangles or two polygons are congruent or similar using algebraic and coordinate as well as deductive proofs.
A4. Find and describe geometric figures in real life.  A4. Construct two and three dimensional shapes and figures using manipulatives, geoboards, and computer software.  A4. Construct parallel lines, draw a transversal, measure and compare angles formed such as alternate interior and exterior angles. A4. Identify and prove the properties of quadrilaterals involving opposite sides and angles, consecutive sides and angles, and diagonals using deductive proofs.
A5. Identify and draw lines of symmetry in geometric figures.  A5. Distinguish between similar and congruent polygons.  Identify similar triangles and similar polygons.  A5. Identify corresponding parts in congruent triangles to solve problems.
A6. Identify symmetry in nature. A6. Solve problems involving inscribed and circumscribed polygons.
A7. Use the properties of angles, arcs, chords, tangents, and secants to solve problems involving circles.
B. Using geometric principles to solve problems B1. Fold paper to demonstrate the reflections about a line.  B1. Create an original tessellation. B1. Approximate the value of (pi) through experimentation. B1. Solve problems using analytic geometry.
B2. Show relationships between and among figures using reflections.  B2. Represent and use the concepts of line, point, and plane.  B2. Use simple geometric figures such as triangles and squares to create, through rotation, transformational figures in three dimensions.
B3. Predict how shapes can be changed by combining or dividing them. B3. Analyze simple transformations of geometric figures and rotations of line segments. B3. Construct a geometric figure and its image using various transformations.
B4. Identify properties of geometric figures (i.e., parallel, perpendicular, similar, congruent, symmetrical).  B4. Generate transformations using computer software.
B5. Use simple two dimensional coordinate system to find locations on a map, and represent points and simple figures. B5. Model situations geometrically to formulate and solve problems.
B6. Analyze figures in terms of the kinds of symmetries they have.
B7. Analyze geometric patterns, such as tessellations and sequences of shapes, and develop descriptions of the patterns.
C. Three dimensional geometry C1. Find familiar solids in the environment and describe them. C1. Analyze objects to determine if they illustrate tessellations, symmetry, congruence, similarity, and scale.
C2. Estimate areas and volumes as the sums of areas of tiles and volumes of cubes.

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