Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Constructing Regular Polygons
In this activity, students will construct regular polygons. The activity will reinforce the difference between a construction and a drawing.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Area of a Regular Polygon
This activity has the students derive the formula for finding the area of a regular polygon. Demonstrating the procedure of constructing a regular polygon in front of the class maybe necessary depending on the students prior experience
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Logo Programming Overlapping Polygons
Using this Logo Program you can experiment with different values for N in the procedure and see the changes in the results.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Where Are They?
Test your logic, polygon properties, and pattern recognition skills working on this challenge. Solution included.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Segments and Polygons
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews segments, parallel and perpendicular lines and then introduces polygons including quadrilaterals. It has many real world examples of shapes and includes Activote assessment.