Mathematics Department
Geometry
Lines & Planes in Space

Enduring Understanding:

  • To understand the relationship between lines and planes in space.

Essential Questions:

  • How can a plane be determined?
  • When is a line perpendicular to a plane?
  • What are the relationships between parallel lines and planes?
  • How are parallel lines and skew lines different?

Target Goals:

  • Decide if a plane has been determined
  • Apply the theorem relating the perpendicularity of a line and a plane
  • Apply properties of parallel lines and planes.

Assessment:

  • Tests
  • Quizzes
  • Daily Homework
  • Warm-Ups
  • Questioning

Activities:

  • Warm-Ups
  • Lecture
  • 3-D Modeling
  • Computer Modeling

State Goals:

  • 9.B.4 Recognize and apply relationships within and among geometric figures.

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Last updated: January 25, 2008