Your own Geometry Dictionary.
A webquery for 10th grade
By Kaitlin Aswege
Introduction
What do most students think of when they hear the word
Geometry? Is it the proofs, playing with compasses and protractors in class? No,
it’s the vocabulary, so many words that they need to memorize! What’s the difference
between heptagon and hexagon? Acute, obtuse, isosceles, scalene, right and
equilateral…all ways to categorize a triangle.
For our 10th grade project you will be creating your
own Geometry Dictionary. This will be a
handy guide to look up terms and see explanations and pictures of what each
term means. The goal for this assignment
is for the finished project to be a tool that can and will be used for the
remainder of your geometry course as well as a reference whenever you may need
it.
Task
Your job is to research at least 20 geometry terms, and
compile this information any way that you want. This can be done as a PowerPoint,
a poster board, a brochure or a notebook, just use your imagination. This
assignment is supposed to help you learn more about geometry, so don’t choose
words like circle or square or line, you all know what these words are. Choose
words that you don’t know, words that are challenging, like tessellation,
heptagon or prism. The specifications of
this assignment include:
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At least 20 different geometry terms- that you
don’t know
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Pictures and a definition/explanation for each
term, written in your own words so that you can understand it (example: an
octagon- an 8 sided polygon, interior angles of a regular polygon measuring
135degrees…include a picture)
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How a term/terms are applicable in the real
world (example: an octagon-recognized as the universal sign for STOP)
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Proper grammar and spelling, even though this is
a math project, proper grammar and spelling are important
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Provide a bibliography using at least 3
different sources
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Be creative- think outside the box, this is for
you so do what you like.
The Process
Below are a few guided questions that will assist you in
developing a comprehensive understanding of the assignment:
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How will you go about obtaining and recording information?
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Where will you obtain your information?
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Are there certain terms that are more difficult
for you to learn?
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Are there certain terms that you want to focus
on?
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How are certain terms important in your daily
life?
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What are some applications of these terms?
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How is this assignment important to you?
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How will this assignment help you?
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How will you analyze/organize the information you've found?
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How will you present the information you've found?
Resources
Below you will find a list of print and internet resources
that are available for your use:
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Geometry-
Prentice Hall textbook
Evaluation
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Category
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20
points
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15
point
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10
points
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5
points
|
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Terms
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Student has 20 different terms
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Student only has 11-19 different terms
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Student only has 6-10 different terms
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Student has 5 or less terms
|
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Pictures
and Descriptions
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Student has pictures and descriptions for all the different terms
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Student has pictures and descriptions for most of the different terms
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Student has pictures and descriptions for only half of the different
terms
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Student barely has any pictures of descriptions for the different
terms
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Structure,
Organization and Creativity
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Structure and organization are clear and extremely creative and well
done presentation of information
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Structure and organization are clear and a good creative presentation
of information
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Structure and organization is unclear but a good creative
presentation of information
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Structure and organization is unclear and no creative aspect to the
presentation of information.
|
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Bibliography
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At least 3 different sources were used and were all cited correctly
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Only 2 different sources were used but were all cited correctly
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Only 2 different sources were used but were not cited correctly
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Less than 2 sources were used and were not cited correctly.
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Grammar
and Spelling
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There are no grammar or spelling errors
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There are 1-3 grammar or spelling errors
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There are 4-6 grammar or spelling errors
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There are more than 7 grammar or spelling errors
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*A possible of 100 points for this
assignment
Conclusion
Although the subject of geometry can be daunting, especially
with all the vocabulary that has to be learned, it’s important for students to
understand how important geometry is in our world. It’s applicable for so many
different areas in our life. How will you use what you've learned from this
assignment in your life?
