Chapter1

toc = Lesson 1 - 1 Patterns and Inductive Reasoning: =

 = Lesson 1 - 2 Points, Lines, and Planes: =

= Lesson 1 - 3 Segments, Rays, Parallel Lines, and Planes: =

= Lesson 1 - 4 Measuring Segments and Angles: =

Measuring Angles Activities

 * Click here to play Banana Hunt.
 * Click here to generate a page of diagrams useful for practicing your skill of measuring angles up to 360 degrees.

= Lesson 1 - 5 Basic Constructions: =

= Lesson 1 - 6 The Coordinate Plane: =

Slackline Activity


As a promotional stunt for a new sports drink "The Pyramid", you have been contracted to be the lead participant in a publicity stunt that will surely create the media buzz necessary to successfully launch their product. Being an extreme sports participant of some notoriety, you have been asked to make a slackline walk across the tops of the three Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.


 * Goals:**
 * As with most extreme sports athletes, you are very superstitious. You believe that it is bad luck to allow others you don't know to plan your dangerous activities. So with the help of some close friends, you need to plan and estimate the cost for the equipment to execute the worlds first Slackline walk from the tops of all three Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.
 * As all with all publicity stunts, photographs and video of your performance are critical to its success. As you walk from the largest pyramid to the northeast, a helicopter will wait for a signal from you to take flyby video and photos when you are at the midpoint of these pyramids. Your plan is to mark your rope at this midpoint so you know when to signal the chopper on call.
 * Both you and your partner will develop a short 10 minute presentation of any style you wish to communicate your request for equipment and how you arrived at your total price. Please follow this **rubric** to know how you will be assessed upon the quality and accuracy of your figures.


 * Roles:**
 * Daredevil: you will research material costs and later present your team's cost analysis and how they came to these figures.
 * Tech Expert: you will put the presentation together.
 * Math Expert: you will create and compute a rough draft of the calculations necessary to complete your teams presentation.
 * Task Expert: you will ensure your group is on track, maintain coordination between roles, and following the project and rubric guidelines.


 * Math Necessary:**
 * Distance formula
 * Midpoint formula


 * Materials Necessary (http://www.slacklinebrothers.com/StoreFront.bok):**
 * 1" tubular nylon webbing (Length to be determined)
 * 100 feet of static rope
 * 5 locking D carabineers
 * 2-Slackline Brothers Tightening System™
 * 2- 1/2" D Screw-Locks


 * Ariel View of The Great Pyramids:**
 * [|Pyramid_Distance_Project.jpg]
 * Map Scale: 1 unit = 325 feet.

The final component to this project will be to post comments in Edmodo regarding the questions below.
 * Pyramid Project Reflection:**
 * 1) What do you think was the major goals of this project?
 * 2) How did you contribute to this project/What tasks did you accomplish?
 * 3) What was the most difficult component of this project for you, and how did you overcome it?

Geometric Poetry Project