Session 3 Polygons Learner（会话3多边形学习者）.pdf

Session 3 Polygons Key Terms for This Session New in This Session • concave polygon • convex polygon • irregular polygon • isosceles trapezoid • kite • line symmetry/reflection symmetry • parallelogram • polygon • quadrilateral • rectangle • regular polygon • rhombus • square • trapezoid • Venn diagram • vertex Introduction In this session, you will use puzzles and a classification game to explore polygons. You will play with the definitions of various polygons to begin to internalize their meaning. You will also begin to look at mathematical definitions more formally and explore how a term can have different, but equivalent, definitions. [See Note 1] Learning Objectives In this session, you will learn to do the following: • Broaden your thinking about polygons • Classify polygons according to some of their features • Understand how to divide polygons into triangles and the implications of that • Begin to understand mathematical definitions Note 1. The following materials are needed for anyone choosing to do the non-interactive activity in place of the Interactive Activity: • Loops of string (at least three loops per group or individual working alone) Geometry - 51 - Session 3 Part A: Hidden Polygons (20 minutes) Identifying Polygons Polygons are two-dimensional geometric figures with these characteristics: • They are made of straight line segments. • Each segment touches exactly two other segments, one at each of its endpoints. • They are closed—they divide the plane into two distinct re