Geometry Workshop: Logic & Constructions

Workshop sessions will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays for 3 weeks from 7:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT starting December 5, 2022. 

Details:

2022 Dates - December 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, and 21

Time - Live workshop will begin at 7:00 EDT-US and last 1 hour (Sessions will be recorded and emailed to participants)

Cost - $195 per attendee

Course Syllabus:

Related Readings - Chapters One and Two from Teaching Geometry to the Adolescent: A Montessori Approach 

Session 1 

• Introduction to the Flow of Work 

• Why Logic is Important 

• Formal Mathematics from Greek Philosophy 

• Zeno’s Paradoxes • Other Questions 

• Logic Puzzles and Games - Supporting Deductive Reasoning and Proof 

• Guess My Number 

• Color-Square Game 

• Other Games 

Session 2 

• Checkerboard Proof 

• MU Puzzle and Axiomatic Systems 

• Euclid’s Axiomatic Geometry 

• Definitions 

• Common Notions 

• Postulates 

Session 3

 • Constructions Stemming from the Equilateral Triangle - Proof and Extensions

Session 4 

• Constructions Stemming from Perpendicular Lines - Proof and Extensions 

Session 5

• Constructions Stemming from Angles- Proof and Extensions

Session 6 

• Projects • Further Work • Review of the Flow of Work and Implementation Strategies

Interested in purchasing Teaching Geometry to the Adolescent: A Montessori Approach? Follow this link.     

 

*Certificates of Completion will be emailed to the participants at the conclusion of the workshop (16 hours).