Dynamic Geometry Explorations

to accompany

A Course in Modern Geometries, 2nd Ed.

The explorations give guided directions for exploring text topics using Geometer's Sketchpad (GS) ( Key Curriculum Press) and Cabri Geometry II (CG) ( Leibniz) or Texas Instruments). Explorations labeled GS or CG give directions specific to the corresponding software, while those labeled DGS can be carried out with either software. Directions can be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Required files for Geometer's Sketchpad and Cabri Geometry II in Macintosh (MC) and PC versions can be downloaded using Stuffit, WinZip or a similar utility. Links for downloading Adobe Acrobat Reader, WinZip and Stuffit are at the bottom of this page.

Explorations:

Software:

Sketches, Figures
& Tools**

Text
Sec.

E1-GS Introducing Geometer's Sketchpad Geometer's
Sketchpad 		None required any
E1-CG Introducing Cabri Geometry Cabri
Geometry 		None required any
E2-GS Exploring the Hyperbolic Plane Geometer's
Sketchpad 		Poincare Tools for Sketchpad, Version 3
PC files (Zip)
MC files (Stuffit) 		2.3
E2-CG Exploring the Hyperbolic Plane Cabri
Geometry

Hyperbolic Tools
See E2-CG Instructions

2.3
E3-2DGS Exploring Line and Point Reflections Cabri or
Sketchpad 		T-grid & B-tables
PC files for GS (Zip)
MC files for GS (Stuffit)
PC files for CG (Zip)
MC files for CG (Stuffit)
3.2
E3-3DGS Exploring Rotations & Finite Symmetry Groups Cabri or
Sketchpad 		None required 3.3
E3-4DGS Exploring Translations & Frieze Pattern Symmetries Cabri or
Sketchpad 		None required 3.4
E3-3-4-CG Exploring Symmetries Cabri None required 3.3,3.4
E4-3DGS Exploring Perspective Triangles Cabri or
Sketchpad 		None required 4.3
E4-4DGS Exploring Harmonic Sets Cabri or
Sketchpad 		None required 4.4
E4-5DGS Exploring Projectivities Cabri or
Sketchpad 		Pen-pts, Pen-lnpt, Pen-lns
PC files for GS (Zip)
MC files for GS (Stuffit)
PC files for CG (Zip)
MC files for CG (Stuffit)
4.5
E4-6GS Exploring Projective Conics Geometer's
Sketchpad 		Hom-cen & Hom-axis
(constructed in E4-5) or
E4-5GS: Pen-pts, Pen-lns 		4.6
E4-6CG Exploring Projective Conics Cabri
Geometry 		Hom-cen & Hom-axis
(constructed in E4-5) or
E4-5CG: Pen-pts, Pen-lns 		4.6
E5-4 Exploring Fractals

Olafractal (See E5 instructions)

None Required 5.4

* Instructions are in PDF format -- viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or later. Get Acrobat Reader

** PC Sketches are compressed in Zip format -- requires WinZip or similar utility. (Download WinZip) Mac sketches are compressed with Stuffit -- requires Stuffit expander. (Download Stuffit Expander)


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