Full course description
Course Description
Honors Geometry A is the first semester in a two-semester series that explores the study of points, lines, planes, 2D shapes, and 3D solids. Students will form logical arguments, construct two-column proofs, and support their reasoning through theorems and postulates discovered over two thousand years ago. Honors Geometry emphasizes higher order thinking skills, justifying claims, utilizing multiple representations, and creating models related to authentic scenarios and careers. In Honors Geometry A, students will learn to use both ancient tools (like a compass and straight edge) and modern technologies (like graphing utilities and videos) to develop skills that are used daily by carpenters, lawyers, and artists.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
UTHS courses are designed in alignment to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) which define the skills and content to be taught in each course and grade level in the state of Texas.
Course Topics
- Unit 1: Coordinate and Transformational Geometry
- Unit 2: Logical Argument and Constructions
- Unit 3: Proof and Congruence
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, students will develop skills including but not limited to the following:
- Use the distance, slope, and midpoint formulas to verify geometric relationships, including congruence of segments and parallelism or perpendicularity of pairs of lines.
- Describe and perform transformations of figures in a plane using coordinate notation.
- Determine an equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to a given line that passes through a given point.
- Distinguish between undefined terms, definitions, postulates, conjectures, and theorems
- Verify theorems about the relationships in triangles, including the sum of interior angles, base angles of isosceles triangles, midsegments, and medians, and apply these relationships to solve problems.
- Prove a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, rectangle, square, or rhombus using opposite sides, opposite angles, or diagonals and apply these relationships to solve problems.
Required Course Materials
Please visit the Computer Requirements page to view minimum device, internet, and application requirements for all UT High School courses. Generally, a desktop or laptop device five (5) years or newer with access to an office suite, such as Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, will be adequate to participate in most UTHS courses.
You will need internet access and the following items:
- Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome
- Adobe reader
- Proctorio browser extension for exams at https://getproctorio.com/
- Word processing program; Assignments should be saved as a PDF.
- Audio should be saved as an MP3 and videos as an MP4 file.
- Notebook—may be a composition book or digital
- Open Stax online textbook— https://openstax.org/subjects/math
- Access to a graphing calculator— can be handheld like a TI-84, or online, like https://classcalc.com/graphing-calculator
Course Organization
Students must complete the course in sequence: You will not be able to access the next unit until all work in the preceding unit is completed. You may take your final exam only after completing all units and submitting all graded assignments.
- Units: Each unit includes multiple lessons and graded assignments as well as ungraded practice quizzes to help you check your understanding of the material.
- Summative Assessments: Each course includes two online, virtually proctored summative assessments testing your understanding of the material presented in the preceding 2-3 Units.
- Format: Online, Multiple-choice
- Time Allowed: 1 hr 30 min
- Final Exam: Each course includes an online, virtually proctored final exam testing your knowledge of all material presented in the course.
- Format: Online, Multiple-choice
- Time Allowed: 3 hrs 20 min
Course Grade Weighting
Your final course grade is calculated by weighting the three assignment groups displayed in the table below:
| Assignment Group | Total Assignments | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Graded Assignments | 12-18 | 50% |
| Summative Assessments | 2 | 25% |
| Final Exam | 1 | 25% |
Online Proctored Exams
All course exams, including both summative assessments and the final exam, must be completed online. Students must test online with Proctorio and are required to add the Proctorio extension to either their Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser—installation instructions are provided in the student's course. Proctorio uses a student's computer, web camera, and microphone to record video of both the student and their desktop during the exam. Then, UTHS instructors review the student's exam video data collected by Proctorio. Only authorized UTHS staff and instructors can view the exam recordings. Student data is not shared with any persons or organizations outside of UTHS and are deleted after one year. We encourage you to visit Proctorio's Data Security and Privacy site pages to learn more about how we protect student data.