SLA

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For this benchmark, we had to find the height of an unknown object.  We had to use similar triangles and trigonometry to find out the height.  We used a mirror for similar triangles and we used a clinometer for trigonometry.

We had to do a series of tasks that required us to indirectly find the height of an object using similarity and trigonometry. For similarity there were two methods a person could've used, the shadow method and the mirror method. The shadow method is when you take the length of your shadow and the height of you, and then measure the length of the shadow and create a similarity ratio.

This project had two major parts, the color square puzzle and the crossword. For the color square puzzle, we had to solve the puzzle and then justify our solution. Same goes for the crossword.

For this benchmark, we had to sketch out a town called Geoslaville.  We were given the road names and where to begin the first point.  We had to find where each building went and find the angle measure of each building.  Then we had to prove how we found each angle measure.  Part of our benchmark was to see how much we knew about platonic solids and line of symmetry.  The last part to our project was finding the volume and the surface area of the town hall.

For this benchmark, we had to write justifications into why you could figure out answers for a crossword puzzle and a color square.  Its like explaining how things happen and how finding one answer would lead to another.  We had to prove our answers with the justifications like when we do T-charts to prove a statement.

This benchmark we were assigned a math genius to look up and write about.  My group had M.C. Esher who created designs that doesn't seem to be modeled.  All his designs were complex and takes a while to understand.  

For the third quarter benchmark we had to complete 4 tasks. The first task was to make a small map of a town called geolsaville. the second taskwas to make a tchart with messurments of specific places in the town. The third task was to look up shapes and use them in the map. The 4th task was to make a larger version of the small map. to do this i needed to understand basic shapes and how to use tcharts and find angles.

For the second quarter benchmark we had to make puzzles with color blocks. We had to wrote directions and give clues so that the other person that had to figure them out could. To do this i needed to understand justifications and puzzles.

In the first quarter we had to do a group project on a famus person who used geometry. the person my group had was M.C Escher. M.C Escher was an artist who used geometry in his paitings. To do this project we needed to use the internet for information on him and his paintings, our own knowledge of geometry and a powerpoint.