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 | | The students will be able to measure and find the sum of the angles of a triangle, construct tiling patterns from several polygons (squares, rectangles, parallelograms, right triangles, non-right triangles), review various geometric concepts (parallel lines, congruent angles, shape identification), and also discover new patterns and properties, in particular "saws" and " ladders". |
 | | Supporting Materials Needed: straws or d-stix, protractor, acetate angle measure overlays, unmarked clock face, overlay divided onto fifteen degree angle increments, overlay that is divided into 360 degrees, Pattern Blocks, square grid, pictures of tiling patterns, rectangular grid, triangular grid, overlay of saws and ladders, colored pencils. |
 | | Finally, a triangle is shown with only two angle measurements identified and students are asked to predict the measurement of the unmarked angle.They are then asked to explain their reasoning. |
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