Geometry Home School Kit 4th Edition

We are pleased to be able to distribute BJU Press curriculum to our customers. Published by a Christian university located in South Carolina, BJU Press produces and markets curriculum materials for Christian schools as well as home schools. Probably the most homeschool-friendly full-curriculum supplier, they have not only accommodated homeschoolers, but have continually worked to make their materials better suited to the homeschooling family. Many of their courses now contain manuals written specifically for the home school setting, and visuals and supplemental materials have been "pared down" from the bulkier visuals still used in classrooms. While other curriculum suppliers initially frowned on distributing teacher materials to homeschoolers, and provided only expensive classroom versions, Bob Jones quickly embraced homeschoolers, readily allowing them access to teacher's editions and, eventually, producing less expensive spiral-bound or paperbound versions to save money for homeschooling families. One of the strengths of the Bob Jones program is the teaching of concepts, rather than the rote how-to-solve-it approach. Also, Christian principles and character traits are assumed and integrated throughout the program. Each level is themed, providing a motivational learning context. Lessons are "spiraled", meaning topics are reviewed throughout each level, delving a little deeper each time. Lesson exercises consist mainly of practice for that lesson, not a review of previous lessons or chapters. However, topics are not covered, then left forever; they reappear in more complexity throughout the course, allowing for more practice. We have long been fans of Bob Jones curriculum materials, having used courses in almost every subject area for one child or another through the years. In our particular situation (seven children, Mom and Dad sharing in teaching as well as in running Rainbow Resource Center), a well-constructed, teacher-ready course can be a God-send. Although we have used a variety of methods and curriculums in our homeschool through the years (and continue to do so), we strongly feel that the Bob Jones materials we have used have helped to produce excellent, college-ready students. Unless you have a particularly strong aversion to textbooks of any kind, at any level, we highly recommend these materials to you.

BJU Press’s middle and high school math courses equip students to develop advanced mathematical skills and strategies. Ultimately, this scaffolded program enables students to solve real-world problems by extending their understanding through strategic modeling of mathematical procedures, tiered practice problems, and the use and creation of mathematical models in authentic contexts. Relatively new is the revised Geometry book for Grade 10. For those desiring to approach geometry as a separate course, this revised text will supply a solid option to the Jacobs text. For those students who are not interested in pursuing math beyond algebra or geometry, Bob Jones supplies a Consumer Math course that presents math required for practical living. While there is no separate calculus course, the Algebra 2 text does introduce the college-bound student to calculus.

With real-life geometry from a Biblical worldview, students will learn solid geometry concepts with an introduction to trigonometry.

Bob Jones 4^th edition Geometry, revised in 2016, is a Biblical presentation of math concepts and math in the real world. There are twelve chapters, 180 lessons – Foundations of Geometry, Reasoning and Proof, Parallel and Perpendicular Lines, Congruent Triangles, Relationships in Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Area, Circles, Surface Area and Volume, Transformations and Symmetry, Similarity, and Trigonometry. Added features of this new edition are increased focus on real world applications, proofs are presented incrementally, explore specific types of quadrilaterals, additional examples, expanded exercise sets, and much more. The student text is now a full-size 8.5 x 11 softcover text (3^rd ed. Is 7.5 x 9, softcover), and there is no separate Student Activities Manual. The Teacher Edition includes the Toolkit CD-ROM that includes visuals, projection-ready answers, activities (student activities are organized by chapter and contain extra practice, Bible integration, math history, enrichment, cumulative reviews), resources (Sketchpad files, teaching demonstrations, Technology Corner explorations, and more), and Mathardy Review Game. Geometer’s Sketchpad activities are still included in the 4^th edition, and are included on the Toolkit CD.