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EngageNY

Construct a Perpendicular Bisector

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How hard can it be to split something in half? Learners investigate how previously learned concepts from angle bisectors can be used to develop ways to construct perpendicular bisectors. The resource also covers constructing a...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Characterize Points on a Perpendicular Bisector

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn transformations through constructions! Pupils use perpendicular bisectors to understand the movement of a reflection and rotation. They discover that the perpendicular bisector(s) determine the line of reflection and the center of...
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Instructional Video6:35
Corbett Maths

Perpendicular Bisector

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Where should the statue be located? The resource explains how to use a compass and straight-edge to construct the perpendicular bisector of a line segment. Using an exam question, the narrator models how to solve an application problem...
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Instructional Video1:54
Corbett Maths

Perpendicular Through a Point on a Line

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Use one construction to complete a second. The short video shows how to incorporate the steps of a perpendicular bisector to create a perpendicular to a point on a line. With their own straightedges and compasses, classmates then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cabri Jr. Perpendicular Bisector of a Chord

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners will construct the perpendicular bisector of a chord. They use Cabri Jr. to construct a circle and a perpendicular bisector of a chord. They then measure lengths of the chords and perpendicular bisectors. Learners use...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating Perpendicular Bisectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create perpendicular bisectors. In this geometry lesson plan,students use a straight edge and protractor to create a perpendicular bisector. They graph line on the TI and analyze it.
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Curated OER

IGD: Perpendicular Bisector

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students draw perpendicular bisectors.  In this perpendicular bisectors lesson, students identify the perpendicular bisector in a polygon.  They use web tools to create and measure perpendicular bisectors.  Students identify lines of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Placing a Fire Hydrant

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Triangle centers and the segments that create them easily become an exercise in memorization, without the help of engaging applications like this lesson. Here the class investigates the measure of center that is equidistant to the three...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Points of Concurrencies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
You say that perpendicular bisectors intersect at a point? I concur! Learners investigate points of concurrencies, specifically, circumcenters and incenters, by constructing perpendicular and angle bisectors of various triangles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Constructing Perpendicular Bisectors

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate parallel lines and the angles formed when cut by a transversal. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders construct perpendicular lines and discuss midpoint, segments and perpendicular bisectors. They relate...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Perpendicular Bisector

For Students 10th - 12th
In this perpendicular bisector worksheet, students fold paper, according to instructions, to discover the perpendicular bisector of a segment.  They explore the distances from the bisector to the endpoints of a specified line segment. ...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Circles, Chords, Diameters, and Their Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A diameter is the longest chord possible, but that's not the only relationship between chords and diameters! Young geometry pupils construct perpendicular bisectors of chords to develop a conjecture about the relationships between chords...
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Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
In this parallel and perpendicular line instructional activity, students find equations of a line, then determine an equation of a line that is parallel or perpendicular to the original one. They graph problems and plot points. There are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High Schoolers investigate the perpendicular bisector of a line segment. They use Cabri Jr. to construct the perpendicular bisector of a segment. The dynamics capabilities of Cabri Jr. allow your learners to observe the lengths of the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Points, Lines, and Line Segments - Homework 16.1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometry worksheet, students complete a homework assignment in which they name 3 lines and line segments. They write parallel, intersecting, or perpendicular, to describe the relationships between 4 pairs of lines. They draw an...
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Illustrative Mathematics

The Geometry of Letters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Use the alphabet as a tool for teaching your class about geometric figures. Break apart capital letters into line segments and arcs. Classify angles as right, acute, or obtuse. Identify parallel and perpendicular lines. An excellent...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Circumcenter of a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students construct the circumcenter of a triangle. In this constructing the circumcenter of a triangle lesson, students construct a triangle using Cabri Jr. Students draw perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Eight Determine the Equation of the Perpendicular Line Problems

For Students 8th - 9th
In this perpendicular lines worksheet, students determine the equations of perpendicular lines in eight problems.  Examples, formulas, explanations, and solutions are provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Perpendicular to an Equation through a Point

For Students 8th - 12th
For this algebra worksheet, students write a line perpendicular to given slope-intercept equation and a given point. There are 6 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Perpendicular Bisector Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers construct perpendicular bisectors using Cabri Jr. on their graphing calculator. They then construct conditional statements about perpendicular bisectors along with their converse, inverse, and contrapositive.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Problems

For Students 8th - 11th
Students will write an equation of a line perpendicular to a given line. They will be given the equation of the perpendicular line and point on the new line.
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Worksheet
Mt. San Antonio Collage

Isosceles Triangles and Special Line Segments

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Under which conditions can a triangle be classified as isosceles? High schoolers practice identifying isosceles triangles and special line segments, including angle bisectors, medians of triangles, and perpendicular bisectors of sides of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Distance from a Point to a Line

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What is the fastest way to get from point A to line l? A straight perpendicular line! Learners use what they have learned in the previous lessons in this series and develop a formula for finding the shortest distance from a point to a...
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Printables
Curated OER

Parallel, Perpendicular, or Neither

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Study the difference between parallel and perpendicular lines with a set of study cards. After filling in notes (found on the second page), kids can quiz each other on the characteristics of each line, including a section that represents...

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