Geometry
• What is Geometry?
• What geometry did you learn in primary school?
What is Geometry
• Study of Shapes and their Properties
• Students did the following activity.
Activity 1.1
• Name these shapes
• How useful is Geometry?
How Useful is Geometry?
• Design and Construction of Buildings
How Useful is Geometry?
• Navigation
How Useful is Geometry?
• Art
How Useful is Geometry?
• Measurement
• Students did the following activity.
Activity 1.2
• Find the length of the perimeters of each of the following shapes
• Higher order activity
Activity 1.3
Activity 1.3
• History
The Origins of Geometry
• The geometry that we study in school was invented by the ancient Greek mathematicians.
What Did You Learn?
• Write down three things that you learned in today’s lesson.
Homework
• Geometry investigates the properties of two dimensional and three dimensional s__________.
• A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a g_______________.
• Euclid was called the ‘__________ of Geometry’.• Euclid is famous for his book, The E____________.• Name two, 2-dimensional shapes (i)______________
(ii) ___________• Name two, 3-dimensional shapes (i)______________
(ii) ___________• What 2-dimensional shape has eight sides?
_____________________
Homework
• Use the Internet to:– Find out three things about Euclid– Name two other Greek geometers
