Honors Geometry

Course Description

Grade: 9-10

Credits: 1.0

Prerequisite: Algebra I

Course Code: 03100700

Course Number: H105

In Honors Geometry, there will be an increased emphasis on critical thinking skills, deriving geometric proofs, spatial reasoning, and transformations, along with all requirements of on-level Geometry. Students will begin to focus on more precise terminology, symbolic representations, and the development of proofs, and will explore concepts covering coordinate and transformational geometry; logical argument and constructions; proof and congruence; similarity, proof, and trigonometry; two- and three-dimensional figures; circles; and probability. Students are expected to create formal constructions using a straight edge and compass. Though this course is primarily Euclidean geometry, students should complete the course with an understanding that non-Euclidean geometries exist. They will use deductive reasoning to justify, prove, and apply theorems about geometric figures. Students will use their proportional reasoning skills to prove and apply theorems and solve problems in this strand. Using patterns to identify geometric properties, students will apply theorems about circles to determine relationships between special segments and angles in circles. Due to the emphasis on probability and statistics in the college and career readiness standards, standards dealing with probability have been added to the geometry curriculum to ensure students have proper exposure to these topics before pursuing their post-secondary education. This course offers 5% additional weight in the GPA calculation.