The Geometer's Sketchpad Workshop Guide
This booklet is designed as a handout for a workshop with The Geometer's Sketchpad or for use in evaluating the program for possible purchase.
Tour 1: Constructing a Square | 2 |
Tour 2: A Theorem About Quadrilaterals | 5 |
Tour 3: Algebra Potpourri | 8 |
Tour 4: Investigating Triangle Centers | 11 |
Tour 5: Introducing Transformations | 14 |
Tour 6: A Sine Wave Tracer | 17 |
Tour 7: Investigating Rhombus Constructions | 20 |
What Else Can This Thing Do? | 22 |
Sample Activities | 23 |
Properties of Reflection | 24 |
The Euler Segment | 26 |
Adding Integers | 28 |
Points "Lining Up" in the Plane | 31 |
Leonardo da Vinci's Proof | 34 |
The Folded Circle Construction | 36 |
Distances in an Equilateral Triangle | 40 |
Varignon Area | 43 |
Going Off on a Tangent | 46 |
Accumulating Area | 49 |
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