Descriptive Geometry
This page contains activities you can use in your classroom to enhance the learning of descriptive geometry.

Classification of Quadrilaterals
Filename: QuadClas.doc (37 Kb)
Date: 9-Oct-99
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: When students come to Glenmore High as Grade 8s, they have no special properties, so they start as quadrilaterals. And they leave as perfect squares.

Find out what happens along the way.


Geoboard - TI-83 version
Filename: untitled0.83p (0 Kb)
Date: 25-Jun-99
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: TI-83 program
Description: An electronic implementation of the Geoboard for the TI-83 calculator, programmed by Judy Wheeler.

To download the file, you may need to right-click on the file name, and choose Save Link As... (or its equivalent on your browser).



Geoboard - TI83 Plus Version
Filename: geoboard.8xp (0 Kb)
Date: 16-Jun-99
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: TI-83 Plus program
Description: An electronic implementation of the Geoboard for the TI-83 Plus calculator, programmed by Judy Wheeler.

To download the file, you may need to right-click on the file name, and choose Save Link As... (or its equivalent on your browser).




Geoboard - TI82 Version
Filename: geobrd.82p (0 Kb)
Date: 16-Jun-99
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: TI-82 program
Description: An electronic implementation of the Geoboard for the TI-82 calculator, programmed by Judy Wheeler.

To download the file, you may need to right-click on the file name, and choose Save Link As... (or its equivalent on your browser).




Geoboard recording sheet
Filename: Geoboard2.doc (74 Kb)
Date: 13-Jun-99
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: Word 97 Document
Description: An interactive electronic geoboard in Word 97, as well as a geoboard recording sheet.




A first lesson with geoboards
Filename: Geoboard.rtf (14 Kb)
Date: 13-Jun-99
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: Rich Text Format
Description: Geoboards are a wonderful way to teach geometrical concepts. They are hands-on, efficient, and they make it a "snap" to check for understanding.

You can buy a commercial class set, or have the students make their own.





Trianglemania
Filename: trianglemania.doc (43 Kb)
Date: 21-Apr-99
Submitted By: Jasmine Tey Ah Hong
Format: MS Word Document
Description: This activity asks students to identify
relationships between different types of
triangles. It includes a teacher's guide
and a holistic scoring rubric.

A great activity - it makes students
THINK about the relationship between
the different types of triangles.






Geometry Facts You Should Know
Filename: Geo_Facts (533 Kb)
Date: 7-Jun-98
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: A concise summary of geometry definitions and facts.

I created this when I realised a large amount of time in class was being spent by students just copying diagram, defintions and facts from the blackboard. Which is not a particularly useful way to spend time.




Quadrilateral Relations
Filename: quad_rel.doc (14 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Geometry Forum - Problem of the Month
Format: MS Word Document
Description: Students are asked to show diagrammatically how the various quadrilaterals are related. A nifty little activity.




Geometry Definitions Galore!
Filename: Geo_def.doc (48 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: I thought I would put together a summary of geometry definitions, with diagrams, for my year 8s. Imagine my surprise when it ran to 3 pages!