Pull me to see if I still remain a square

Objectives

Understand properties of a square

Estimated Time

15 minutes.

Materials/ Resources needed

Geogebra file, laptop, projector and a pointer.

Geogebra Applets :This geogebra is from the website : http://www.geogebratube.org/material/show/id/2474

Process (How to do the activity)

1. The teacher can project the geogebra file, move the red dot and ask the students if it still is a square.
2. Let them reason out for the answers.

• Developmental Questions:

1. What figures do you see ?
2. On moving the red dot, what figure is it now ?
3. Is it still a square ?

• Evaluation:

1. What are the properties of a square ?

• Question corner:

1. Is rectangle a square ?
2. Is parallelogram a square ?
3. Are all squares parallelograms ?
4. Can a square be considered as a type of kite ?
5. Differentiate a square and a rhombus.