PSSM STANDARDS: geometry
Instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to—
Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
- Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships
- Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems
- Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations
- Use visualization , spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems
Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
- analyze properties and determine attributes of two- and three-dimensional objects;
- explore relationships (including congruence and similarity) among classes of two- and three-dimensional geometric objects, make and test conjectures about them, and solve problems involving them;
- establish the validity of geometric conjectures using deduction, prove theorems, and critique arguments made by others;
- use trigonometric relationships to determine lengths and angle measures.
Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
- use Cartesian coordinates and other coordinate systems, such as navigational, polar, or spherical systems, to analyze geometric situations;
- investigate conjectures and solve problems involving two- and three-dimensional objects represented with Cartesian coordinates.
Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
- understand and represent translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations of objects in the plane by using sketches, coordinates, vectors, function notation, and matrices
- use various representations to help understand the effects of simple transformations and their compositions.
Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems
Grades 9–12 Expectations: In grades 9–12 all students should
- draw and construct representations of two- and three-dimensional geometric objects using a variety of tools;
- visualize three-dimensional objects and spaces from different perspectives and analyze their cross sections;
- use vertex-edge graphs to model and solve problems;
- use geometric models to gain insights into, and answer questions in, other areas of mathematics;
- use geometric ideas to solve problems in, and gain insights into, other disciplines and other areas of interest such as art and architecture.