Curricular Computing | Workshops

Standard III. Geometry and Measurement:

The mathematics teacher understands and uses geometry, spatial
reasoning, measurement concepts and principles, and technology
appropriate to teach the statewide curriculum (Texas Essential Knowledge
and Skills [TEKS]) in order to prepare students to use mathematics.

Geometry and Measurement	Explanation & Practice Web Sites	Science & Technology Integrated Projects	Other Activities & Class Handouts	UHD user Notes or Comments
pi	Discovering Pi		circumference and diameter
Translations and Rotations	Transmographer	The Ferris Wheel
Reflections and Glide Reflections
Transformations	Visualizing Transformations
Symmetries
Tessellations of the Plane		tessellations with Geometer's Sketchpad
Congruent Triangles			individual or class activity
Congruence through Constructions			congruent triangles in class activity
Other Congruence Properties
Other Constructions
Similar Triangles and Similar Figures	Relationships between similar figures	Chambered Nautilus Inclinometers Similar Triangles Similar Triangles II		Kelly's comments on Similar Triangles Kelly's comments on Similar Triangles II Kelly's comments on Inclinometers
Trigonometry Ratios via Similarity
Basic Notions		Segments, Rays, and Lines
Polygons	recognizing polygons II regular polygon drawing Types of triangles			Kelly's comments on Types of Triangles
Parallelograms	Exploring rectangles and parallelograms
Linear Measure
About Angles	online activity		interior angles angles around a point paper airplane activity
Geometry in Three Dimensions	polyhedra	Crystals	cutting polyhedra shadows
Networks
Perimeter of Polygons	Perimeter Explorer
Areas of Polygons and Circles			Buying Tile
The Pythagorean Theorem	Find Hypothenuse	Pythagorean Theorem with Sketchpad
Surface Areas	Surface Area & Volume
Volumes	Cubes		In Class Activity(dipstick) Ball in a Box
Mass and Temperature