2024 Summer
Geometry Honors and Trigonometry Honors:
Information & Course Descriptions
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Room 205
Cost: $800
Dates for In-Person Class Meetings:
Monday, June 17th - Thursday, June 20th
Monday, June 24th - Thursday, June 27th
Monday, July 1st - Wednesday, July 3rd
Monday, July 8th - Thursday, July 11th
Dates for Remote Working Days:
Friday, June 21st
Friday, June 28th
Friday, July 5th
Friday, July 12th
No class will be held on Thursday, July 4th
Course Description:
This course is intended for the gifted mathematics student. The geometry portion of the course teaches the use of logical skills with special attention to deduction and induction.The topics covered are points, lines, planes, angles, polygons, circles, and arcs. The relationships discussed are congruence, similarity, parallelism, perpendicularity, area, length, distance, and ratio. Algebra applications are integrated into the course through problem-solving. Also included is the study of volumes of solids and coordinate geometry.
The trigonometry portion of the course will focus on trigonometry and how it is applied. Topics include triangle trigonometry, the Unit Circle, radians and degrees, applications of radians, special right triangles, graphing trigonometric functions, the law of sines, and the law of cosines. There will be an introduction to the trigonometric functions as well as inverse trigonometric functions.
Attendance Policy:
In order to be successful in this course, all students who register are expected to attend all in-person class meetings and to follow the suggested work schedule provided by the instructor.
Requirements for placement: 95 or above in Algebra II Honors for the year and teacher permission.
