Objective: To make basic constructions using a straightedge and a compass.

Bell Ringer: List 3 times you used math over your weekend. Grab a straight edge, a

protractor, and a compass.

Basic Constructions

NameClass/PeriodDate

ActivityAs a group (Miss K. will tell you who your group is), do the activity

on page 48.

How many people had the sixth mark land precisely on the point where you first placed your compass? Why do you think that is?

As a class using a compass and a straight edge, we will learn how to construct (check with protractor and ruler):Congruent segmentsCongruent anglesPerpendicular bisectorsAngle bisectors

Exit TicketNo exit ticket today .

HomeworkP. 53 #8-18 even, 21, 32-35