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Honors Geometry

Detailed Course Information

Points, Lines, Planes, & Angles

Points, Lines, and Planes
Segments, Rays, and Distance
Angles
Postulates and Theorems for Points, Lines, and Planes

Deductive Reasoning

If-Then Statements
Converses
Properties from Algebra
Proving Theorems
Special Pairs of Angles
Perpendicular Lines
Planning a Proof

Parallel Lines and Planes

Definitions
Properties of Parallel Lines
Proving Lines Parallel
Angles of a Triangle
Angles of a Polygon
Inductive Reasoning

Congruent Triangles 

Corresponding Parts in a Congruence Relation
Some Ways to Prove Triangles Congruent
Using Congruent Triangles
The Isosceles Triangle Theorems
Other Methods of Proving Triangles Congruent
Using More than One Pair of Congruent Triangles
Medians, Altitudes, and Perpendicular Bisectors

Quadrilateral

Properties of Parallelograms
Ways to Prove that Quadrilaterals are Parallelograms
Theorems Involving Parallel Lines
Special Parallelograms
Trapezoids

Inequalities in Geometry 

Inequalities and Indirect Proof
Inverses and Contrapositives
Indirect Proof
Inequalities for One Triangle
Inequalities for Two Triangles

Similar Polygons

Ratio and Proportion
Properties of Proportions
Similar Polygons
A Postulate for Similar Triangles
Theorems for Similar Triangles
Proportional Lengths

Right Triangles 

Similarity in Right Triangles
The Pythagorean Theorem
The Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
Special Right Triangles
The Tangent Ratio
The Sine and Cosine Ratios
Applications of Right Triangle Trigonometry

Circles

Basic Terms
Tangents
Arcs and Central Angles
Arcs and Chords
Inscribed Angles
Other Angles
Circles and Lengths of Segments

Areas of Plane Figures 

Areas of Rectangles
Areas of Parallelograms, Triangles, and Rhombuses
Areas of Trapezoids
Areas of Regular Polygons
Circumferences and Areas of Circles
Arc Lengths and Areas of Sectors
Ratios of Areas
Geometric Probability

Areas and Volumes of Solids

Prisms
Pyramids
Cylinders and Cones
Spheres
Areas and Volumes of Similar Solids

Coordinate Geometry

The Distance Formula
Slope of a Line
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Vectors
The Midpoint Formula
Graphing Linear Equations
Writing Linear Equations
Organizing Coordinate Proofs
Coordinate Geometry Proofs

Transformations 

Mappings and Functions
Reflections
Translations and Glide Reflections
Rotations
Dilations
Composites of Mappings
Inverses and the Identity
Symmetry in the Plane and in Space

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