Webquery

                                             

Your own Geometry Dictionary.

A webquery for 10^th 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 10^th 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:

·         At least 20 different geometry terms- that you don’t know

·         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)

·         How a term/terms are applicable in the real world (example: an octagon-recognized as the universal sign for STOP)

·         Proper grammar and spelling, even though this is a math project, proper grammar and spelling are important

·         Provide a bibliography using at least 3 different sources

·         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:

·         How will you go about obtaining and recording information?

·         Where will you obtain your information?

·         Are there certain terms that are more difficult for you to learn?

·         Are there certain terms that you want to focus on?

·         How are certain terms important in your daily life?

·         What are some applications of these terms?

·         How is this assignment important to you?

·         How will this assignment help you?

·         How will you analyze/organize the information you've found?

·         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:

·         Geometry- Prentice Hall textbook

·         http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/geometry/keyterms.html

·         http://www.mathwords.com/index_geometry.htm

·         http://math.about.com/library/weekly/aa031503a.htm

·         http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html

Evaluation

Category	20 points	15 point	10 points	5 points
Terms	Student has 20 different terms	Student only has 11-19 different terms	Student only has 6-10 different terms	Student has 5 or less terms
Pictures and Descriptions	Student has pictures and descriptions for all the different terms	Student has pictures and descriptions for most of the different terms	Student has pictures and descriptions for only half of the different terms	Student barely has any pictures of descriptions for the different terms
Structure, Organization and Creativity	Structure and organization are clear and extremely creative and well done presentation of information	Structure and organization are clear and a good creative presentation of information	Structure and organization is unclear but a good creative presentation of information	Structure and organization is unclear and no creative aspect to the presentation of information.
Bibliography	At least 3 different sources were used and were all cited correctly	Only 2 different sources were used but were all cited correctly	Only 2 different sources were used but were not cited correctly	Less than 2 sources were used and were not cited correctly.
Grammar and Spelling	There are no grammar or spelling errors	There are 1-3 grammar or spelling errors	There are 4-6 grammar or spelling errors	There are more than 7 grammar or spelling errors

 *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?