Can you make a kite shape from a single A4 size sheet of paper using only three folds? Click Here to find out how.
Will your kite tessellate? Can you put a number of kites together to make a symmetric design? What about 4 lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry of order 8.... is it possible?
Can you write a procedure in Logo to draw a kite .... what designs can you make with your Logo kites?
In geometry a kite, sometimes known as a deltoid, is a quadrilateral with two disjoint pairs of congruent adjacent sides. A kite can also be described as a quadrilateral with an axis of symmetry along one of its diagonals.
A kite, as defined above, may be either convex or concave, but the word "kite" is often restricted to the convex variety. A concave kite is sometimes called a "dart" or "arrowhead".
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Here is a Year 8 student's design
to kite
:size
lt 22.5
fd :size * 1.85
rt 67.50
fd :size
rt 90
fd :size
rt 67.5
fd :size * 1.85
rt 157.5
pu
fd 10
fill
bk 10
pd
end
to design
setfillcolor 7
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 1
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 7
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 1
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 7
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 0
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 7
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 0
kite 55 rt 45
setfillcolor 10
repeat 8 [kite 35 rt 45]
end
Here are some more designs made with Logo
There is no time like the present! Click the button below and draw your first kite using Online Logo:
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Lina Anagnos, Greece
Saturday, June 1, 2013
"I think that you could extend the activity by giving a kite constructed at a geogebra or Sketchpad file. It would be important for the students to connect the meanings of kite's area with the meaning of the diagonals. Another aim is the understanding of the shape reflections."
Transum,
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
"Thanks Lina for the suggestion. A Geogebra page has now been added so that you can interact with the kites and learn about their properties."
Jack Bradley, England
Thursday, February 14, 2019
"Vey good Transum."