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Contents<br />

Introduction ...................................................................................................ix<br />

1 Angles ..........................................................................................................1<br />

Lab 1.1 Angles Around a Point .................................................................3<br />

Lab 1.2 Angle Measurement .....................................................................4<br />

Lab 1.3 Clock Angles ................................................................................6<br />

Lab 1.4 Angles of Pattern Block Polygons .................................................7<br />

Lab 1.5 Angles in a Triangle ......................................................................9<br />

Lab 1.6 The Exterior Angle Theorem .....................................................11<br />

Lab 1.7 Angles and Triangles in a Circle ..................................................14<br />

Lab 1.8 The Intercepted Arc ...................................................................16<br />

Lab 1.9 Tangents and Inscribed Angles ....................................................18<br />

Lab 1.10 Soccer Angles .............................................................................19<br />

Soccer Angles Worksheet ...........................................................................21<br />

Soccer Circles Worksheet ...........................................................................22<br />

Soccer Discussion Sheet .............................................................................23<br />

Soccer Goal Worksheet ..............................................................................24<br />

2 Tangrams ...................................................................................................25<br />

Lab 2.1 Meet the Tangrams .....................................................................26<br />

Lab 2.2 Tangram Measurements ..............................................................28<br />

Lab 2.3 Tangram Polygons ......................................................................30<br />

Lab 2.4 Symmetric Polygons ...................................................................31<br />

Lab 2.5 Convex Polygons .......................................................................32<br />

3 Polygons ....................................................................................................33<br />

Lab 3.1 Triangles from Sides ...................................................................34<br />

Lab 3.2 Triangles from Angles .................................................................36<br />

Lab 3.3 Walking Convex Polygons ..........................................................38<br />

Lab 3.4 Regular Polygons and Stars ........................................................40<br />

Lab 3.5 Walking Regular Polygons .........................................................42<br />

Lab 3.6 Walking Nonconvex Polygons ....................................................44<br />

Lab 3.7 Diagonals ...................................................................................46<br />

Lab 3.8 Sum of the Angles in a Polygon .................................................47<br />

Lab 3.9 Triangulating Polygons ...............................................................48<br />

Geometry Labs<br />

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© 1999 Henri Picciotto, www.MathEducationPage.org

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