In some geometry stories, the lead character is Ms. Rania Ali. She teaches in a school located in a slum. Most students come there because their parents get a government allowance if the children are in school. The kids have. at best. marginal interest in learning. The great teacher finds new ways to get their attention. Yet some stories will challenge an average student.
LEVEL 1 — Discovering Shapes
Sonia and Veeru – plane, point, line, straight line
The Weyburn Girl – plane, point, line, straight line
Playing Catch – introduction to triangle, quadrangle, polygon and circle
Sun rises in the east – directions, angles and measuring angles
LEVEL 2 — Understanding Patterns
Rania Ali – angle, sum of angles in a circle, sum of angles on a straight line
Taheen’s Graffiti– Parallel lines, angles: opposite, corresponding, alternate exterior etc.
Mehak and Arisha – Types of triangles, sums of interior and exterior angles
Lalu’s Bakery – properties of hexagons and circles
LEVEL 3 — Using Geometry
School Anniversary – area of a triangle
Squabble In The School – areas of a rectangle, kite, parallelogram, trapezoid
Greek Mythology – Compare areas of triangle, square and circle
Carlie’s Doll Dresses – application of properties of rectangle, square, triangle and cone
LEVEL 4 — Thinking Like a Mathematician
T-shirt Shop – Pythagoras theorem
The school had leaky roofs – Eight proofs of Pythagoras theorem
Babushka Doll – Similarity and congruence
Daffodil Parade– geometric and harmonic means
Vedic Geometry – circle area without pi, Pythagoras Theorem
LEVEL 5 — Co-ordinate Geometry
Giant Graph Graffiti – introuction to co-ordinates
Graphs and Equations – solving algebraic equations