triangles
angles in a triangle add to 180
quadrilaterals
constructing a parallelogram with a given angle and with an area equal to a given triangle
circles
ellipses
getting the standard form equation from the geometric definition
the equivalence of the geometric definition and the conic section definition of an ellipse
parabola
the equivalence of the focus-directrix definition and the conic section definition of a parabola
getting the vertex form equation from the focus-directrix definition
getting the standard form equation from the vertex form
axis of symmetry of a parabola
hyperbola
getting the standard form equation from the geometric definition