MA501 -- Seminar in Selected Topics

Course Information

• Syllabus
• Blackboard at UK
• Log of Class Activities

Assignments

• Homework #1
• Homework #2
• Homework #3
• Homework #4
• Homework #5
• Homework #6
  • Coordinates.ggb
  • Adding.ggb
  • Multiplying.ggb
  • Iteration.ggb
• Homework #7
  • SB -- Linear Alignment
  • RC&SR -- Inequalities in Triangles
  • JD&SE&KJ -- Pi Line
  • CA&ME&HL -- Geometry of Circles
  • BM -- Cutting Conics
  • MM -- Pinwheel
  • RM -- Adding it All Up
  • JMW -- Corner to Corner
• Homework #8
• Homework #9
• Homework #10
• Homework #11
  • Harvard University Catalog

Some Notes and Materials

• Symmetries and Transformations
  • Some Images
  • Mira
  • Graph Paper
  • Graph Paper
  • Experiencing Geometry Talk by Scott Kim
  • Scott Kim's Puzzles
  • iOrnament App
  • Symmetries of Culture
  • Finite Figure Maker
  • Border Pattern Maker
  • Isometry 1 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 1 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 2 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 2 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 3 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 3 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 4 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 4 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 5 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 5 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 6 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 6 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 7 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 7 (GeoGebra applet)
  • Isometry 8 (GeoGebra file)
  • Isometry 8 (GeoGebra applet)
• Geometry for Middle School Teachers Companion Problems for the Connected Mathematics Curriculum
• Trigonometry
• Functions

Other Resources

• Various Math Education and Outreach Materials
• SMSG Texts
  • SMSG Geometry Parts I and II Summary
• Polydron (And various kits are available on Amazon.com)
• Platonic Solids
• SketchUp
  • Introductory Videos
  • Jessie Clark SketchUp project
  • Using SketchUp (From my project at Jessie Clark Middle School)
• Common Core State Standards Initiative
  • Mathematics Standards
• GeoGebra
  • GeoGebra Quickstart
  • Secant to parabola (GeoGebra file)
  • Circumcircle (GeoGebra file)
  • Shifting the graph of a parabola (GeoGebra file)
  • Double Reflection (GeoGebra file)
  • Illustration of SSA Congruence
  • Parabola Locus (GeoGebra file)
  • Parabola Curve Stitching (GeoGebra file)
  • Ellipse Locus (GeoGebra file)
  • Hyperbola Locus (GeoGebra file)
  • Ellipse Curve Stitching (GeoGebra file)
  • Ellipse and Hyperbola Curve Stitching (GeoGebra file)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
• Books from NCTM
  • Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making
  • Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making in Geometry
  • Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making in Algebra
  • Focus in High School Mathematics: Fostering Reasoning and Sense Making for All Students
  • Focus in High School Mathematics: Technology to Support Reasoning and Sense Making
  • Developing Essential Understanding of Geometry for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6-8
  • Developing Essential Understanding of Geometry for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 9-12
• Cut the Knot
  • Illustration of Law of Cosines
• Symmetry and Escher
• Teaching Geometry According to the Common Core Standards
• Euclid's Elements Online