Bath School Department 2003
Content Area: Mathematics
Grade: 8

Content Standard: E. Geometry: Students will understand and apply concepts from geometry.
Common Assessment(s):
Performance Indicators

Students will be able to:

Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)
Suggested
Performance Activities

Suggested
Classroom Assessments
Vocabulary

1. Compare, classify, and draw two dimensional shapes and three dimensional figures.

Use concepts developed in seventh grade to problem solve

Glencoe Chapter 5 Investigations in Geometry

Glencoe 11-8 Translations

Glencoe 11-9 Reflections

Glencoe 11-10 Rotations

Glencoe Chapter 12 Area and Volume

Problem Solving

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2. Apply geometric properties to represent and solve real-life problems involving regular and irregular shapes.

Use concepts developed in seventh grade to problem solve.

Glencoe 2-9 Perimeter and Area

Glencoe Chapter 5 Investigations in Geometry

Glencoe 7-7 Areas of Triangles and Trapezoids

Glencoe 7-8 Circles and Circumferences

Glencoe Lab 8-5A The Pythagorean Theorem

Glencoe 8-5 The Pythagorean Theorem

Glencoe 8-6 Using the Pythagorean Theorem

Glencoe 8-8 Special Right Triangles

Glencoe 9-5 Similar Polygons

Glencoe 9-8 Dilations

Glencoe 9-9A Right Triangles

Glencoe 9-9 The Tangent Ratio

Glencoe 9-10 The Sine and Cosine Ratios

Chapter 12 Area and Volume

Problem solving

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3. Use a coordinate system to define and locate position.

Use coordinate system to describe rotations, translations, reflections and dilations.

Glencoe 3-10 Coordinate System

Glencoe 8-7 Distance on the Coordinate Plane

Glencoe 11-8 Translations

Glencoe 11-9 Reflections

Glencoe 11-10 Rotations

Glencoe 9-8 Dilations

Chapter 11 Functions and Graphs

Problem solving

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4. Use the appropriate geometric tools and measurements to draw and construct two and three dimensional figures.

Use nets to create three dimensional shapes and then describe the attributes of the shapes.

Glencoe Chapter 5 Investigations in Geometry

Glencoe Chapter 12 Area and Volume

Problem Solving

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