A Kite and its properties
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- http://www.transum.org/software/Fun_Maths/kite. This website has good description and activities about kites.
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Teaching Outlines
Concept # 1. A Kite and its properties
Learning objectives
- A kite is a quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of adjacent sides that are congruent.
- The two pairs of congruent sides meet at two different points.
- A kite can also be described as a quadrilateral with an axis of symmetry along one of its diagonals.
- Kites have a couple of properties that will help us identify them from other quadrilaterals.
- The diagonals of a kite meet at a right angle.
- Kites have exactly one pair of opposite angles that are congruent.
- Diagnols intersect at right angles.
<K = <M. This is the only pair of congruent angles because <J and <L have different measures.
Notes for teachers
Source : http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-a-kite-in-geometry
Summary :
- A kite is sometimes also known as a deltoid.
- A kite, may be either convex or concave, but the word "kite" is often restricted to the convex variety. A concave kite is sometimes called a "dart" or "arrowhead".
Activity No # 1. Paper kite
- Estimated Time: 30 minutes.
- Materials/ Resources needed :
- A4 sheet of paper.
- Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
- Neat paper folding skills.
- Ability to follow instructions.
- Multimedia resources
- Website interactives/ links/ / Geogebra Applets
This activity has been taken from the website : http://www.transum.org/software/Fun_Maths/kite/
- Process:
- Fold an A4 sheet of paper as shown in the figures to make a kite.
- Developmental Questions:
- Which is the figure formed ?
- What is special about this quadrilateral ?
- How many sides does a kite have ?
- Are all sides equal ?
- Mark the diagnols ? What do you notice about them ?
- Evaluation:
- Were the students able dto recognise the properties of a kite.
- Question Corner
- Compare kite with other quadrilaterals and make a list of similarities and differences between them.
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Concept #2. Measurements in a kite
Learning objectives
- A kite has two pairs of congruent sides.
- Its diagnols intersect at right angles.
- The sum of its four sides would be its perimetre.
- Its area is given by the formula
Notes for teachers
Activity No # 1. Deriving formula for area of a kite
- Estimated Time : 30 minutes.
- Materials/ Resources needed: Laptop, geogebra file, projector and a pointer.
- Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
- Basics of a triangle and kite should have been done.
- Multimedia resources: Laptop
- Website interactives/ links/ / Geogebra Applets
- Process:
- The teacher can project the geogebra file on kite.
- Show them that a kite is made of two isosceles traingles.
- Sum of areas of these two triangles would be the area of the kite.
- Developmental Questions
- What is a kite ?
- What are the properties of a kite.
- What other figures can you see in a kite ?
- What types of triangles are these ?
- Identify the two isosceles triangles ?
- What is the formula to find the area of a triangle ?
- Evaluation:
- Choosing which two traingles out of the 8 visible types would be easy to deduce the area of kite ?
- Question Corner:
- Recall the two formulae that you know to find the area of a triangle.
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Concept # 3. Construction of a kite
Learning objectives
- Learn steps for constructing a kite with given measures.
Notes for teachers
Activity No # 1. Construction of a kite.
- Estimated Time : 20 minutes.
- Materials/ Resources needed: Laptop, geogebra file, projector and a pointer.
- Prerequisites/Instructions, if any:
- Students should have prior knowledge about a kite and its properties.
- They should know a perpendicular line and its construction.
- They should know to construct a line segment of given length by constructing arcs.
- Multimedia resources: Laptop
- Website interactives/ links/ / Geogebra Applets: This geogebra file has been done by ITfC-Edu-Team
- Process:
- The teacher can initially have a recaptualation of the concept of a kite and its properties.
- Give them measures say, "Construct a kite which has its congruent sides as 4 cm and 6 cm a pair with one of its diagnols measuring 5cm.
- Can project the geogebra file and explain the steps of construction for the given measures.
- Draw a rough small kite labelling with the given measures.
- Begin with drawing a line segment, the diagnol of a given measure, here 5 cm. label it as AB.
- Draw a perpendicular bisector to this line segment AB.
- With A as centre construct an arc with 4cm as radius. Mark the intersecting point of arc with the perpendicular bisector as D. Join AD.
- With B as centre construct another arc with the same radius 4cm. You get the same point D as point of intersection .
- Join AD and BD which would measure 4cm each and would become one pair of congruent sides of the kite.
- Similarly draw arcs on the other side taking radius as 6cm to get other pair of congruent sides.
- ADBE would be the specified kite.
- Developmental Questions:
- What are the properties of a kite ?
- What measures are given for constructing a kite ?
- By which given measure can we begin the kite construction ?
- What is the angle between the two diagnols in a kite ?
- For what purpose are we drawing the perpendicular bisector ?
- What is the purpose of drawing an arc ?
- What should be measure of the radius of the arc ?
- Why should AD and BD be same ?
- Evaluation:
- Check if the constructed kite satisfies all of its properties.
- Question Corner:
- Can you think of any other method of kite construction for the given measures ?
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