Course Schedule

This schedule may be modified during the semester.

NEW SCHEDULE

Session	Date	Topic	Textbook Section
UNIT 2: 3D EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
16	3/24	Lines and planes	K2 Ch 1
17	3/26	Parallelepipeds and pyramids & Volumes of prisms and pyramids	K2 2.1 & 2.2
18	4/2	Cylinders and cones & the ball	K2 3.1 & 3.2
19	4/7	Similarity of polyhedra & Symmetries of space figures	K2 2.3 & 2.4
20	4/9	Regular polyhedra	K2 2.5
21	4/21	Platonic Solids	K2 2.5
22	4/23	(Buffer in case we need more time)
23	4/28	IN-CLASS TEST 2
UNIT 3: THEOREMS IN ADVANCED 2D EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY AND NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY (STUDENT PRESENTATIONS)
24	4/30	Presentations 1 & 2	TBA
25	5/5	Presentations 3 & 4	TBA
26	5/7	Presentations 5 & 6	TBA
27	5/12	Presentations 7 & 8	TBA
28	5/14	Presentations 9 & 10	TBA
29	5/19	Review
30	5/21	FINAL EXAM

ORIGINAL SCHEDULE

Session	Date	Topic	Textbook Section
UNIT 1: ELEMENTARY 2D EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
1	1/27	Measurement and congruence, angles	V 0.1. V 0.2 & K1 1.1
2	2/3	Triangles and congruence, exterior angle theorem	V 0.3 & V 0.5
3	2/5	Perpendicular lines and parallel lines	V 0.6
4	2/10	Similar Triangles	V 0.8
5	2/18	Quadrilaterals	V 0.9
6	2/19	Polygons	K1 1.4
7	2/24	Circles and inscribed angles	V 0.10
8	2/26	Basic constructions	K1 1.10, 1.14, & 2.5, and www.euclidthegame.com
9	3/3	Transformations in the coordinate plane	Supplementary material
10	3/5	Conic Sections	Supplementary material
11	3/6	EXAM 1
UNIT 2: THEOREMS IN ADVANCED 2D EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY (STUDENT PRESENTATIONS)
12	3/10	1. The Classical Triangle Centers 2. Circumscribed, Inscribed, and Escribed Circles	1. V 2 2. V 4
13	3/12	1. The Medial and Orthic Triangles 2. The Nine-Point Circle	1. V 5 2. V 7
14	3/17	1. Ceva’s Theorem 2. tba	1. V 8 2. tba
15	3/19	1. Theorem of Menelaus 2. Applications of the Theorem of Menelaus (Desargue’s Theorem)	1. V 9 2. V 11 (11.2)
16	3/24	EXAM 2
UNIT 3: HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
17	3/26	Lines and planes	K2 Ch 1
18	4/2	Parallelepipeds and pyramids & Volumes of prisms and pyramids	K2 2.1 & 2.2
19	4/7	Cylinders and cones & the ball	K2 3.1 & 3.2
20	4/9	Similarity of polyhedra & Symmetries of space figures	K2 2.3 & 2.4
21	4/21	Regular polyhedra	K2 2.5
22	4/23	Platonic Solids	K2 2.5
23	4/28	EXAM 3
UNIT 4: NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
24	4/30	Introduction to “Not” Euclidean Geometry – Projective Geometry	Supplementary material
25	5/5	Introduction to Non-Euclidean Geometry – Spherical Geometry	Supplementary material
26	5/7	Introduction to Non-Euclidean Geometry – Hyperbolic Geometry	Supplementary material
27	5/12	Inversions in Circles	V 13
28	5/14	The Poincaré Disk Model	V 14
29	5/19	Review
30	5/21	FINAL EXAM

Last day to withdraw officially from the course: Tuesday, April 1

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