Investigating Parallelograms

Investigating Parallelograms
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2016-05-03 20:50
This worksheet provides three quick investigative applets to help students recall the special properties of parallelograms. Key mathematical concepts include angles, vectors, and parallelograms. The construction uses GeoGebra commands such as Line, Vector, Translate, etc. Suitable for middle school and above students and teachers.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Line(A, B) → a
  2. Slope(a) → m
  3. PointIn(c) → C
  4. Line(C, a) → e
  5. Vector(A, B) → u
  6. Translate(C, u) → C'
  7. Segment(A, B) → h
  8. Segment(A, C) → d
  9. Polygon(A, B, C') → poly1, c', a_1, b_1
  10. Polygon(A, C', C) → poly2, c_1, a_2, c'_1
  11. Dilate(A, If[0 < k ≤ 1, 1 - k, 0], C) → A'
  12. Vector(A, A') → v
  13. Translate(A, v) → A'_1
  14. Translate(B, v) → B'
  15. Segment(A'_1, B') → h'
  16. Dilate(C, If[1 < k ≤ 2, 2 - k, 0], C') → C'_1
  17. Vector(C, C'_1) → w
  18. Translate(A, w) → A'_2
  19. Translate(C, w) → C'_2
  20. Segment(A'_2, C'_2) → d'
  21. Polygon(A, B, C', C) → poly3, a_3, b_2, c'_2, c_2