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CTYOnline - Honors Geometry

Prerequisites: Qualifying math score and completion of Algebra 1 or equivalent
Recommended School Credit: 1.0 credit
Textbook Purchase Required: Visit our textbook web page
Individually Paced
 

This proof-based geometry course covers concepts typically covered in a full-year honors geometry course. It offers students an opportunity to rely on mathematical reasoning, critical thinking, and problem solving skills to investigate and explore geometry. Topics include reasoning, direct and indirect proof, parallel lines and planes, congruence, similarity, quadrilaterals, measurement, polygons, right triangles, circles, coordinate geometry, reflections, transformations, and symmetry. Assignments are based on a textbook that is purchased separately by the student.

Course Length: Typically 6 months
Detailed Course Information

System Requirements

All CTY Online courses require a properly-maintained computer with Internet access and a recent-version web browser (such as Explorer 6, Firefox, or Safari). Students are expected to be familiar with standard computer operations (e.g. login, cut & paste, email attachments, etc).

This course uses an online mathematical whiteboard for individual or group discussions with the instructor. The whiteboard web site requires cookies, popup windows, and the Java Runtime Environment.

This course uses CD-ROM for lessons and videos. You will need free space on the hard drive, and user permissions, to install both the course software and Apple's QuickTime video player.

Course Code: GEO

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