Introduction to a square and its properties

Objectives
Understand the quadrilateral, square

Understand properties related to square

Estimated Time
40 minutes

Prerequisites/Instructions, prior preparations, if any
The students should have prior knowledge about line segments, angles and bisectors.

Materials/ Resources needed
Digital: Laptop, geogebra file, projector and a pointer.

Geogebra Applets : This geogebra file has been created by ITfC-Edu-Team

Process (How to do the activity)

 * Process:
 * 1) The teacher can use this geogebra file while teaching the properties of a square.
 * 2) Can move the vertices of the square to depict the properties.
 * Developmental Questions:
 * 1) What type of lines is a square made of ?
 * 2) What is a right angle ?
 * 3) The lines meet at what angles ?
 * 4) Compare the two diagnols.
 * 5) What is the meaning of diagnols bisecting each other ?
 * 6) What is angle bisection ?
 * 7) What is the measure of each bisected angle ?
 * 8) How many triangles do you see in the figure ?
 * 9) What type of triangles are they ?
 * 10) Identify the circumcircle and incircle ?
 * Evaluation:
 * 1) Can square be considered a rectangle ?
 * 2) Is square a parallelogram ?
 * 3) What is the difference between a square and a rhombus ?
 * 4) Are all squares quadrilaterals ?
 * Question Corner:
 * 1) List the properties of a square ?
 * 2) Can you add some more to the properties list ?