Compass Construction.

Compass Construction

Christopher M. Freeman

Prufrock Press

PO Box 8813, Waco, TX 76714-8813

9781593633165, $17.95, www.prufrock.com, 1-800-998-2208

No basic mathematics curriculum can be considered complete without the inclusion of geometry. Geometry is best taught in drawing lessons that incorporate the use of a compass and a straightedge. An ideal curriculum supplement specific to the compass and the straightedge is "Compass Construction: Activities For Using A Compass And Straightedge" by Christopher M. Freeman. Offering 'hands-on' geometric drawing lessons and ready-to-use reproducible handouts, "Compass Construction" covers Lines and Arcs; Kites and Basic Constructions; Centers of a Triangle; Perpendiculars and Rectangles; Parallels and Parallelograms; Constructing Triangles; The Infinitesimal and the Golden Ration; Similar Triangles; Circles and Tangents; and Construction Arithmetic. The three appendices offer high school level geometry problems that will demonstrate the application of the previous lessons. The answers to all the problems and assignments comprising "Compass Construction" are provided in the 'Answers' section at the end of the book. "Compass Construction" is a thoroughly 'user friendly' compilation and is strongly recommended for both classroom math class curriculums--and self-instruction as well as home schooling math curriculums as well.