Computer Projects for Spring 2008 MATH 330A Foundations of Geometry I

We will use Geometer's Sketchpad and NonEuclid to create drawings that complement what we do in class. These drawings will be saved and pasted into Microsoft Word documents that will then be submitted electronically.
Project Description Geometer's SketchPad Skills NonEuclid Skills Microsoft Word Skills
CP1 Parallel Lines and Alternate Interior Angles in Euclidean and Hyperbolic Geometry
  • creating lines, parallel lines, and transversals
  • labeling points and lines
  • measuring angles
  • saving drawings in a form that can be inserted into a MSWord document
  • creating intersecting lines and parallel lines
  • measuring angles
  • saving drawings in a form that can be inserted into a MSWord document
  • inserting drawings from Geometer's SketchPad and NonEuclid
  • cropping and resizing drawings
  • annotating drawings
CP2 Drawings of Right Triangles with Altitudes
  • creating perpendicular lines
  • creating right triangles
  • creating an altitude of a triangle
  • creating perpendicular lines
  • creating right triangles
  • creating an altitude of a triangle
  • resizing imported drawings to fit two per page of an MSWord document.
CP3 Drawings illustrating The Alternate Interior Angle Theorem and its Converse
  • creating a new angle congruent to an existing angle
  • creating a new angle congruent to an existing angle
  • no new skills
CP4 Drawings illustrating The CACS Theorem
  • creating an "adjustable" triangle that will always have two congruent sides
  • creating an "adjustable" triangle that will always have two congruent angles
  • creating an "adjustable" triangle that will always have two congruent sides
  • creating an "adjustable" triangle that will always have two congruent angles
  • no new skills

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