Lines in the Plane

Enduring Understanding:

• To understand the concepts and formulas used for lines in a plane.

Essential Questions:

• How can you use a detour to solve a proof?
• How do you find the midpoint of a segment?
• What types of angles are formed by a transversal?
• How does slope relate to parallel and perpendicular lines?

Target Goals:

• Use Parallel lines and a transversal to identify pairs of angles.
• Understand slope and how it relates to parallel and perpendicular lines.
• Be able to use the detour method to solve proofs.
• Develop a proof problem from information given in sentence form.

Assessments:

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

Activities:

• Warm-Ups
• Laptop exercises
• Lecture  
• “Clicker” review game
• 3-D Modeling
• Computer Modeling

State Goals:
9.B.4 Recognize and apply relationships within and among geometric figures.