Dilating a Line

High School geometers verify through experimentation certain properties about dilations. This multi-step problem challenges them to construct examples of dilations to verify specific facts, the final step provides an opportunity to more formally prove specific situations. 

Concepts

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collinear

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Additional Tags

scale factor and dilation, collinear points, geometry activity, math

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Resource Details

Grade

9th - 12th

Subjects

Math

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Resource Types

Activities & Projects

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Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

45 mins

Instructional Strategies

Inquiry-Based Learning

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Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-NC-SA: 4.0