exploring “off the peg” geoboard shapes
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Exploring “off the peg” geoboard shapes . Adapted from Matt Ciancetta Western Oregon University . Geoboard’s variety of uses . As a brief review/ introduction , let’s brainstorm all the ways you have used geoboards . . Explorations with S ets of P olygons . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Exploring “off the peg” geoboard shapes
Adapted fromMatt Ciancetta
Western Oregon University
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Geoboard’s variety of uses
• As a brief review/introduction, let’s brainstorm all the ways you have used geoboards.
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Explorations with Sets of Polygons
• Creating sets of polygons to use for exploring certain topics or concepts is one style of geoboard activity.
• How about activities that launch by creating all the squares on a 5-pin by 5-pin geoboard?
What are some possibilities for where this exploration can lead?
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Exploring Sets of Squares
• When constructing the set of all non- congruent geoboard squares, there is typically a set of squares that is obvious and students usually find them with no problem.
• Then there is a set of squares that are less obvious but, still, many students find with enough time to think and explore.
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Exploring Sets of Squares
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Exploring Sets of Squares
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Exploring Sets of Squares
• And finally there is a set of squares that is not obvious to most students.
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Exploring Sets of Squares
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Exploring Sets of Squares
• How do you know that all your squares are non-congruent? Can you show or prove it?
• Classify the squares by area.
• Volunteers?
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Classify Squares by Area
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Classify Squares by Area
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Classify Squares by Area
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Classify Squares by Area
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Classify Squares by Area
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Classify Squares by Area
• So we found squares of areas: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16
• Wait a second...do we really know/believe that all these are actually squares? Even those “tilted” figures?
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Finding Squares Extension
• Let’s revisit the general geoboard “rules.” The main rule is that line segments are formed by stretching geobands around pegs.
• So, for polygons, the vertices can only be located on the pegs.
• This is important especially when students transition to sketching geoboard polygons on paper –you cannot just plunk down a vertex between pegs!
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Finding Squares Extension
• Hold everything! • What do we know about two lines that
intersect? • Let’s look back at some of your shapes
created from playing around (at the beginning of the investigation.) Did you identify any points off the pegs? Could those points be vertices of a polygon?
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Finding Squares Extension
• Use your physical geoboards to create off the peg geoboard squares. Can you find squares with – only 1 vertex off a peg?– 2 vertices off the pegs?– 3 vertices off the pegs?– 4 vertices off the pegs?
• Share your results …are they really squares?
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Finding Squares Extension
• There are multiple non-congruent squares whose sides are oriented similarly, i.e., with the same two slopes.
• For example, let’s look as some of our on the pegs squares. We previously constructed two non-congruent squares that utilize slopes of +1 and –1.
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Finding Squares Extension
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Finding Squares Extension
• Are there more off the pegs squares that have sides with slopes +1 and –1?
• Can you make a construction to show all of these squares?
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Finding Squares Extension
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Finding Squares Extension
• Review what you have and then let’s determine all the possible “slope families of squares.”
The families are:
!0 and undefined ✓ !1 and –1 ✓ !2 and –1/2 ✓ ! 3 and –1/3 ✓ !4 and –1/4 ✓ ! 3/2 and – 2/3✓ !4 /3 and –3/4 ✓
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Finding Squares Extension
• For each slope family, how can we sketch a single construction to show all of the squares in that family?
• We already have constructions for the 0 & undefined and the 1 & –1 families.
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0 & undefined slope family of squares
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1 & -1 slope family of squares
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Slope families of squares
Constructions of the other families?
Any volunteers?
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2 & -1/2 slope family of squares
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3 & -1/3 family
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4 & -1/4 slope family of squares
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3/2 & -2/3 slope family of squares
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4/3 & -3/4 slope family of squares
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Finding Squares Extension • Now that we have what we hope are complete families of
squares, we may ask ourselves, – How many non-congruent squares in all are possible? – Are all the squares really non-congruent? – What are the areas of those squares?
• Look for and share some patterns you see in each family.
• Try to determine areas without converting to coordinate geometry.
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Area Patterns
• Areas within each family increase by multiplying by perfect squares.
• 0 & undefined; 1 & -1: area of smallest is multiplied by 1, 4, 9, 16
• 2 & -1/2: area of smallest is multiplied by 1, 4, 9, 16, 25
• 4 & -1/4: area of smallest is multiplied by 1, 4, 9
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Area Patterns
• 3 & -1/3: area of smallest multiplied by 1, 4, 9, 16, 36, 100• 3/2 & -2/3: area of smallest multiplied by
1, 4, 9, 16, 64• 4/3 & -3/4: one square (area multiplied by 1)
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Area of Squares
• Great! So now all we need to do is find the area of the smallest square in each family and then multiply it appropriately to determine all the areas.
• 0 & undefined family: Areas: 1, 4, 9, 16
• Let’s look at the 1 & -1 family.
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1 & -1 family
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2 & -1/2 family
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3 & -1/3 family
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4 & -1/4 family
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3/2 & -2/3 family
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4/3 & -3/4 family
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Summary
• We constructed 28 non-congruent squares on a 5-pin by 5-pin geoboard.
• Now the world is our oyster!
• Investigating octagons might be fun…