Lines of Symmetry

Year 7
Abrar Haider
Lesson Outcomes
• After this lesson, students will be able to,
• Understand symmetry
• Identify shapes with 1, 2, and more lines of symmetry
• Observe lines of symmetry in different triangles and quadrilaterals
A shape has line symmetry if…

You can draw a line through it so that one part is exactly the same as
the other part.
These shapes have one line of symmetry
These shapes have two lines of symmetry
Some shapes have more than 2 lines of symmetry

How many lines of symmetry has a square got?

A square has 4 lines of symmetry
How many lines of symmetry do these shapes have?
How many lines of symmetry do these shapes have?
How many lines of symmetry does this shape have?

What Do You Think?

No Line of Symmetry
How many lines of Symmetry in a Parallelogram

No Line of Symmetry
What happens when…

…you join two shapes together?

Investigate
Thank You