Creating a Midpoint Quad
Math: Geometry: Quadrilaterals and Polygons
9-12
45 Minutes
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
3.9
Lessons
TNS
Creating a Midpoint Quad
Activity Overview
Explore special outer and inner quadrilaterals formed by the connected midpoints and investigate the area relationships.
Objectives
- Students will explore the parallelogram formed by the midpoints of any quadrilateral.
- Students will further explore special outer and inner quadrilaterals formed by the connected midpoints. Area relationships will also be investigated.
Vocabulary
- midpoint quadrilateral
- parallelogram
- convex quadrilateral
- concave quadrilateral
- midsegment
About the Lesson
This “create your own” activity is designed to be introduced by the teacher and completed by the students as they discover and justify their conjectures. The time varies for this activity depending on whether the TI-Nspire document (.tns file) is provided or created by the students.
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Math: Geometry: Quadrilaterals and Polygons
9-12
45 Minutes
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
3.9
Lessons
TNS
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