Friday, November 14, 2008
Geometry (Class 28)
Lesson Title
Logic Puzzles (2)
Overview
The warm-up today is the article “You Can Grow Your Intelligence” which is based on the work of Carol Dweck. The lesson for the day continues with logic puzzles and how to use mathematics to help solve them.
Textbook Sections
§3.3 (Txt. p.143) Parallel Lines and Transversals
Vocabulary
implication
deduction
syllogism
Key Attitudes
Math is about thinking creatively.
Key Ideas
Logic problems can be solved by symbolizing the statements and building a chain of reasons (a “syllogism”).
Key Skills
I can use symbols to represent a conditional statement (an “If…, then…” statement).
I can identify the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement
I can build a syllogism (an If…, then… chain of reasons).
I can state the conclusion of a syllogism.
I can create the contrapositive of an implication.
I can create the inverse of an conditional statement.
I can write conditional statements.
Turn-In (#26)
Txt. p.796 #10, 11
Txt. p. 47 #37, 38, 43, 44, 47, 48, 50, 51
Handouts
No Handouts Posted
Assignment
Test Corrections
Txt. p.796 #12, 13
Txt. p.101 #35, 36, 41, 42, 46-50
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.
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