Triangles and Circles Unit

Triangles and Circle Unit---Begins Monday 2/25/08

1. You will be assigned to teams of two members.
2. Your team will receive the topic to be researched.
3. Develop ONE Google page for your team. The title of you page will be the topic assigned ot your team.
4. Include both team member names in the subtitle space for the Google Page.
5. Complete the following information on your page:
5.1---A detailed explanation of your topic as well as all supporting details
5.2---Several (3 or more) illustrations of your topic
5.3---Two problems related to your topic. One of the two problems should be a "real-world" pplication of your topic. Your textbook may be a wonderful resource!!!!!
5.4---An answer page with all calculations and other work, including diagrams) to solve your problems.
5.5---URLs to three websites for further exploration regarding your topic.
5.6---Post the URL to your Google Page as a comment to this topic (MONDAY 2/25/08)

This assignment is due by the end of the period onWednesday 2/27/08.

Please select from the following websites to begin your assignment (to be provide on MONDAY 2/25/08):

Sites for area of triangles
1. http://www.walter-fendt.de/m11e/triangle.htm
2. http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol1/area_triangle.html
3. http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/TriangleExplorer/?version=1.5.0_11&browser=MSIE&vendor=Sun_Microsystems_Inc.
4. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=106

Sites for area of circles
1. http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol2/circle_area.html
2. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=116
http://math.about.com/library/blmeasurement.htm

Sites for volume of sphere
1. http://www.gomath.com/algebra/sphere.php
2. http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/formulas/faq.sphere.html

Sites for Triangle properties
Incenter:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Incenter.html

Orthocenter:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Orthocenter.html

Circumcenter:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Circumcenter.html

Centroid:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TriangleCentroid.html


Sites for inscribed & circumscribed:
1. http://www.mathwords.com/i/inscribed_circle.htm
2. http://www.nvcc.edu/home/tstreilein/constructions/Inscribed/inscribe1.htm

Euler Line
1. http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=51
2. http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/tcenters/class/eulerline.html

Team Pages:
Steven and Taylor:
http://sheng1223.googlepages.com/anglebisectorsoftriangles

Ben and Leeanne:
http://benjamin.l.glasser.googlepages.com/theorthocenter

Casey and Troy:
http://hudson444.googlepages.com/trianglesandciircles


Alexandria and Brianna:
http://drumchick7394.googlepages.com/circumcenteroftriangles


Catherine and Anna
http://catherine.blackwood.googlepages.com/centroid

Cody and Dario
http://cody.green4.googlepages.com/incenteroftriangles

Maher and Anthony:
http://mshammaa94.googlepages.com/theamazingeuler%27sline

Sarah and Shelby:
http://softballstar2193.googlepages.com/sarah

Josh and Kiefer:
http://hmmsgeometry.googlepages.com/altitudesoftriangles

Arshia and Will:
http://derka13.googlepages.com/circumscribedandinscribed