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Symmetry lab

Fold and finish shapes to see whether the halves match

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What this lesson teaches

  • Guess, then fold a shape to see whether the halves match exactly
  • Find a rectangle's two lines of symmetry and see why a slanted fold fails
  • Finish the other half of a house and a tree, and paint with a mirror
  • Fold a butterfly, the Hall of Prayer and a teapot; see why a parallelogram is not symmetric

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