Geometry (421-A)
1 Credit
Grades 9-11
Prerequisites: Algebra I

Also CCSS aligned and based on CSDE Model Curricula, this course provides students with further opportunities to develop algebraic concepts and procedures, reasoning, communication, representation and problem solving skills. Students will continue to use models, tables, graphs, equations and functions to model and represent real-life situations focused on linear and quadratic relationships. Units of study emphasize writing and solving linear systems of equations and inequalities, simplifying radical and exponential expressions, and writing, graphing, factoring and solving quadratic equations. Topics from two- and three-dimensional geometry are integrated into this curriculum, including transformations in the coordinate plane, surface area and volume of solids, and an introduction to right triangle trigonometry. Finally, counting methods and theoretical and experimental probability topics including permutations, combinations, randomness, simulations, expected value, the Law of Large Numbers, the complement rule, compound events, and binomial distribution models will be discussed.

Geometry (420-H)
1 Credit
Grades 9 - 10
Prerequisites: Algebra 1A, with minimum 245 RIT on MAP and/or Teacher recommendation or the successful completion of Algebra 1H.

Also aligned and based on the CCSS Standards, this course provides students further opportunity to develop geometric concepts as well as reasoning, communication, representation and problem-solving skills. Students will use algebraic skills, symbols, formulas and notation, as well as geometric tools (including dynamic geometry software) to investigate, model and represent various spatial relationships. The concepts of transformations in the coordinate plane, similarity and geometric proportionality, applications of Pythagorean Theorem and right triangle trigonometry, surface area and volume of solids, and properties and applications of circles will be explored and applied to real-life problem solving. Finally, a major emphasis will be placed on probability topics including permutations, combinations, randomness, simulations, expected value, the Law of Large Numbers, the complement rule, compound events, and binomial distribution models.

Standards, Indicators, and Scoring Criteria for Geometry