Geometry
Geometry is all about shapes and their properties.
If you like playing with objects, or like drawing, then geometry is for you!
Geometry can be divided into:
| Plane Geometry is about flat shapes like lines, circles and triangles ... shapes that can be drawn on a piece of paper |
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| Solid Geometry is about three dimensional objects like cubes, prisms, cylinders and spheres. |
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| Hint: Try drawing some of the shapes and angles as you learn ... it helps. |
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Point, Line, Plane and Solid
A Point has no dimensions, only position
A Line is one-dimensional
A Plane is two dimensional (2D)
A Solid is three-dimensional (3D)
Why?
Why do we do Geometry? To discover patterns, find areas, volumes, lengths and angles, and better understand the world around us.
Plane Geometry
Plane Geometry is all about shapes on a flat surface (like on an endless piece of paper).
2D Shapes
Activity: Sorting Shapes
Triangles
Right Angled Triangles
Interactive Triangles
Quadrilaterals (Rhombus, Parallelogram, etc)
Rectangle, Rhombus, Square, Parallelogram, Trapezoid and Kite
Interactive Quadrilaterals
Shapes Freeplay
Perimeter
Area
Area of Plane Shapes
Area Calculation Tool
Area of Polygon by Drawing
Activity: Garden Area
General Drawing Tool
Polygons
A Polygon is a 2-dimensional shape made of straight lines. Triangles and Rectangles are polygons.
Here are some more:
Properties of Regular Polygons
Diagonals of Polygons
Interactive Polygons
The Circle
Circle
Pi
Circle Sector and Segment
Circle Area by Sectors
Annulus
Activity: Dropping a Coin onto a Grid
Circle Theorems (Advanced Topic)
Symbols
There are many special symbols ud in Geometry. Here is a short reference for you:
