Activity Overview
In this skill activity, students will use the Constructions Tools Menu in Cabri™ Jr. to contruct a parallelogram. They will also construct an altitude, an angle bisector and a median of a triangle.
Before the Activity
Install the Cabri Jr. App on the students' graphing calculators using TI Connect™, a TI Connectivity cable and the unit-to-unit link cables
See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
Print pages 1 - 14 from the attached PDF file for your class
During the Activity
Distribute the pages to your class.
Follow the Activity procedures:
Construct a parallelogram
Create a triangle and label its vertices
Construct the altitude segment, the angle bisector, and the median for the triangle
After the Activity
Students will fill in the Data Collection and Analysis sheet.
Review student results:
As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
Re-teach concepts as necessary