Sketchpad
BASICS
Assignment #1: In sketchpad,
draw point A,
segment BC,
Ray DE,
Line FG.
Draw a triangle and color it in.
Draw a quadrilateral and color it in.
Draw a circle and color it in.
Draw a square - a real square not some fake quadrilateral that "looks" like a square. Save the document into your Sketchpad folder. Call it assign1.gsp.
Assignment #2:Draw a triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon. Color them in. Draw more shapes. Color them in. Create a design. Save it. (10 points)
Assignment #3:Draw a pair of parallel lines.
Draw a pair of perpendicular lines.
Draw a triangle inside a circle.
Draw a circle with a radius.
Draw a circle with a diameter.
Draw a Circle inside a triangle.
Save the document into your Sketchpad folder.
Call it feb6.gsp
Assignment #4:1)Draw a circle circumscribed by a triangle - Draw a triangle. Find the angle bisector of each angle of the triangle. From the center point, find the perpendicular line to any side. Find the intersection point. Construct the center radius circle with the two point.s
2) Draw the radius of a circle.
3) Draw the diameter of a circle.
4) Draw a pentagon with exterior angles.
Call it feb7.gsp.
Quadrilaterals
Assignment #5:Open Sketchpad. Save your document as quads.gsp
1) Create quadrilateral. Define.
2) Copy and paste the rectangle and definition from yesterday.
3) Draw a square. Define it.
4) Draw a parallelogram. Define it.
5) Draw a rhombus. Define it.
6) On your own, try to draw a kite - adjacent sides congruent.
Assignment #6:Quadrilateral Maker.
1) Open the gspcycle3 folder in your Shared Math Concepts folder in the lower left corner of the dock.
2) Open your Sketchpad Folder from your documents folder in to the right of the Math Concepts folder.
3) Select the gspcycle3 documents and drag them into your Sketchpad Folder.
4) Open the Quadrilateral Exploration 1 Folder. Open both documents in the folder- Can you make it.gsp and Quardrilateral Maker.gsp.
5) Make those figures.
Triangles
Assignment #7:Open Sketchpad.
1) Create a scalene triangle - all sides different.
2) Create an equilateral triangle.
3) Create an isoceles triangle.
4) Create a right triangle.
Label the triangles. Save the document in your Sketchpad folder - call it triangle.gsp.
Take the homework handout on quadrilaterals and work on it.
Assignment #8:
Open Sketchpad.
Open Can You Make the Picture.gsp
Triangle Makers.gsp. Draw each picture. Save TriangleMakers.gsp as Triangle1.gsp and then open it again to make the second picture. You can use each triangle only once. (10 points). Next, complete the handout - both sides. (10 points)
Assignment #9:Open Sketchpad.
1) Draw a triangle, an equilateral triangle and a right triangle.
2) Find the measure of each angle of the triangles.
3) Find the sum of each angle of a triangle.
4) Do the handout. (10 points)
Assignment #10:
Open Sketchpad.
1) Draw a triangle and find the measure of each angle and the sum of the angles.
2) Do the Sum of the Angles Worksheet using Sketchpad as a guide.
Perpendicular Bisector/Maximum Area of a Rectangle
Assignment #11:Open Sketchpad.
Constructing a Perpendicular Bisector.
Assignment #12:Open Sketchpad.
Get the handout - Rectangle with Maximum Area. Follow the steps. Answer the questions.
THE GOLDEN RECTANGLE
Assignment #13:Oen Sketchpad.
Get the handout - The Golden Rectangle. Follow the steps. Answer the questions.
Assignment #14:
1) Open Laura's Golden from the Shared Document folder - Math Concepts on the dock - lower right corner.

2) Enlarge the golden rectangle.

3) Show script from the custom tool.

4) Save As YourNameGoldy.gsp into your Sketchpad folder.

5) Go to the Internet and research The Golden Rectangle. Answer the following in your own words on the gsp document.
a) What is the golden rectangle?
b) Where did it come from?
c) Find interesting data and pictures and add them to your document.
Assignment #15:Get the handout - The Golden Rectangle and Ratio. Follow the steps. Answer the questions.
Assignment #16:

1) Open LauraGoldenTwo from the shared document folder. Save it- Save AS -into your folder with your name instead of Laura.
2) Create more and more squares to create a piece of artwork. Draw spirals if you wish.

3) To create a square turn the rectangle on it's long side.
a) Double click the upper left point.
b) Click once on the upper right point.
c) >Transform >Rotate - 90 degrees
d) Double click the new point way up to the left.
e) Select the upper left point of the rectangle.
f) >Transform >Rotate - 90 degrees
g) Select the points of the new square.
h) >Construct >Segments
i) g) Select the points of the new square again.
j) >Construct >Quadrilateral Interior


Look at this interesting website.
Look at this site that combines fibonacci with the golden rectangle.
What the ???
I like this one.
The Pythangorean Theorem
Assignment #17:
Assignment #18: