Students will learn to:

• apply knowledge of similarity and scale factors to determine the perimeters, surface areas and volumes of similar polygons.
• determine the Theorem of Pythagoras and relate it to real world situations.
• define pi as a number and identify its uses
• compare and contrast the variety of methods used to calculate the Tunnel of Samos problem.
• make decisions based on a mathematical analysis of the facts.
• identify mathematics in nature.
• make connections between mathematics and our environment.

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