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1.1 The word BAUM is reflected in three different ways. Work with a mirror.
- Draw the position of the axis of reflection for each word, so that the word BAUM appears in the
mirror.
- What do you notice? Write down your observations.
1.2 Write the words reflected in the axis of reflection s.
1.3 Write in large capital letters the words reflected vertically or horizontally.
Then ask your classmate sitting next to you to decipher the corresponding words.
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1.4 The capital letters of the alphabet are reflected in a vertical axis.
- Note down those letters in which the original image and the reflection are identical.
What does each of these letters have in common?
- Create actual words in which the reflection also shows an actual word.
- Create invented words which do not change in their reflection. Describe what these words have
in common.
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3.1 Are these reflections all correct here? Analyze the three exercises with compasses and a geodreieck.
3.2 You can use a computer to see how you can reflect a figure on an axis.
Axial reflection as “film”
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4.1 Reflect the apexes of the two figures only with the compasses.
Use the geodreieck to check the accuracy of the result.
5.1 Mark on the geoboard a proper axis of reflection and a figure. Then ask a classmate to stretch an
elastic band of a different color to create the reflected figure. Then draw the position of the various
elastic bands. Use different colors for the original, the reflection and the axis of reflection.
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6.1 Draw the reflected image (s: axis of reflection).
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7.1 Draw the axis of reflection and, where necessary, the missing parts of the image.
7.2 a Draw the central point of the circle. b Draw the axis of reflection.
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8.1 Draw the bisector and the middle parallel.
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axis of
symmetry
8.2 Draw the bisector and the medians or middle parallels.
a Find: g’ b Find: triangle A’B’C’
c Find: square A’B’C’D’ d Find: circle k’
e Find:α’ f Find: E’F’
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8.3 Draw the reflected figures.
a Find: parallelepiped A’B’C’D’ b Find: circle k’
c g and g’ are parallel straight lines. d Find: triangle A’B’C’ and C’ must be
Find: triangle A’B’C’ over g
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8.4 a Draw the triangle A’B’C’, so that A’C’ is over g.
b Draw the square A’B’C’D’ so that B’D’ is over g.
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c In an isosceles triangle ABC, the sides a and b have the same length. Of the reflected triangle
A’B’C’ we now know apex C’. The distance CC’ is 3 cm.
Draw the triangles ABC and A’B’C’.
d Draw the regular pentagon A’B’C’D’E’, so that A = A’ and the central point M’ is over g.
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9.1 In each figure with axial symmetry, there is a minimal (original) part from which the entire figure can
be generated through one or several reflections.
In each reflection, only the original can be reflected.
- Mark the minimal part of the figure in color.
- Note how many times the minimal part of the figure must be reflected
a b
Number of reflections: Number of reflections:
c d Paper cut-out
Number of reflections: Number of reflections:
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9.2 Where on the edge of the pool table must the black ball hit so that it goes into the pocket after the
rebound?
Analyze this relation on the computer.
Billiard 1
Billiard 2
9.3 After the ball is hit, the black ball should disappear into one of the two pockets on the left-hand side
of the pool table.
Mark the routes of all the shots where the edge of the table is only touched once.
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9.4 - Reflect the regular hexagon on each side. What do you notice?
- Would you find the same result if a square or an equilateral triangle were reflected on each side?
Explain your answer.
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