Intro to Geometry
Teacher: Sophie Hansen - a Blair magnet school alumni and rising Freshman at Yale University. Sophie has been tutoring for Bethesda Scholars for the past two years.
Location: Thomas Pyle Middle School
When: TBD
Time: 4:30pm-6:30pm.
Pricing: $400
Who: Any students taking Geometry in the Fall
*Please note the teacher, dates, and times are last year’s details. We are in the process of deciding these details and the page will be updated soon. All other information on the page is up to date.
Topics covered
Review of Algebra I: graphing, factoring, and solving quadratics, laws of exponents, systems of equations
Day 1
Day 2
Vocabulary: points, lines, angles, line segments, rays and their notation, types of angles, parallel and perpendicular lines
Triangles: Pythagorean theorem, finding angles, congruency, types of triangles, radians and degrees
Day 3
Day 4
Trigonometry: sine, cosine, tangent and their applications, solving word problems and equations
Trigonometry continued: formal introduction to proofs, using congruency laws
Proofs (time permitting): surface level introduction to geometric proofs