| DUE Date |
WORK DUE at the beginning of class or lab
unless otherwise noted! Turn in work that follows the
guidelines. |
| Aug 1 - Fri |
Final Project
Archimedes - Katelin and Kimberly - The Man who Made Math Solid
Fractals - Spencer: Fractals - More than Just a Pretty Picture
Geometry and medical imaging - Karen: Humpty Dumpty - Putting the
Pieces Back Together Again
Origami folding axioms - Amy and Douglas: Planes, Cranes and Math
Symmetry - Jessica and Sasha: Investigations in the World of Symmetry
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| July 31 - Thur |
Prepare to present your final
project abstract orally in class.
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| July 30 - Wed |
Test 2 study guide
Your final project topic must be approved by Dr. Sarah as a message on
ASULearn.
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| July 29 - Tues |
Study for test 2 using the study guide
and write down any questions that you have.
Begin working on the final project.
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| July 28 - Mon |
Project 7: Parallels and
Connections
Bring both books to class.
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| July 25 - Fri |
Search both books for information on parallels, and prepare to share what
you find.
Begin working on Project 7.
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| July 24 - Thur |
Project 6:
Polyhedral and Metric Considerations
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| July 23 - Wed |
Read through the final project
assignment and abstract and write down
any questions that you have.
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| July 22 - Tues |
Begin working on project 6.
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| July 21 - Mon |
Project 5:
Concept Development - Historical Timeline
History of conic sections - Karen
History of geometric constructions - Spencer
History of measurement - Katelin and Kimberly
History of pi - Jessica and Sasha
History of the Pythagorean theorem - Amy and Douglas
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| July 18 - Fri |
Test 1 study guide
Your topic for the Historical
Timeline assignment must be approved by Dr. Sarah
on a first-come-first-served basis as a message on ASULearn.
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| July 17 - Thur |
Skim our books for information on polygons and polyhedra [other appendix
searches like square or cube... may be needed] and prepare to share what you
found.
Read through the study guide for test 1
and write down any questions you have.
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| July 16 - Wed |
Project 4: Similarity
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| July 15 - Tues |
Skim through both books for similarity [other appendix searches like
angle-angle... may be needed] and prepare to share what you found.
Work on Project 4.
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| July 14 - Mon |
Project 3:
Axiom Systems and Wile E. Coyote
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| July 11 - Fri |
Project 2: Measurement and Constructions
Prepare to turn in work that follows the
guidelines. See ASULearn for hints. You
may work alone or in a group and turn in one per group (maximum 3 people)
Wallace and West Roads to Geometry 1.1 8
Sibley The Geometric Viewpoint 1.1 3 and 10
Sketchpad Examine Wallace and West Roads to Geometry
p. 210 Construction 4.9.4
and
Euclid's Elements Book 1 to look at
Proposition 9.
1)
Use Sketchpad to complete the construction. You may only use straight edge
and compass features and additional Sketchpad features which are
construction propositions that come before proposition 9.
2) Save your
document and the script view as yourname.gsp
(no spaces!) and attach it onto the personal storage space in ASULearn.
Read through Project 3 and write down any questions you have.
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| July 10 - Thur |
Read Wallace and West Roads to Geometry p. 1-5 and 8-9,
and Sibley Geometric Viewpoint
p. 2-5 and p. 9 and come to class prepared to discuss the readings.
Continue working on Project 2.
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| July 9 - Wed |
Review Project 1 solutions via class notes and the solutions
link on ASULearn. Write down any questions or comments.
Project 1 Self-Reflection
Begin working on Project 2 under Friday's due date.
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| July 8 - Tues |
Project 1: Connections and an Overview of Course Topics
Sphere Presentations
Bring your ball with you and Sibley The Geometric Viewpoint
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| July 7 - Mon |
Search google for Dr. Sarah, click on her page, and click on the MAT 3610
link and then the Syllabus link.
Write down any questions you have - the
university considers this a binding contract between us.
If you have a laptop with a wireless connection, bring that to class.
| Bring a 10-12 inch diameter child's ball - these are usually
found in bins in stores and cost a couple
of dollars.
Be sure that this ball is smooth, can bounce, and that you
won't mind writing on it during class. | 
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Bring the class textbooks with you.
The Geometric Viewpoint: A Survey of Geometries by Thomas Q. Sibley
Roads to Geometry (3rd edition) by Edward C. Wallace and Stephen F. West
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