In this activity, students will explore visual proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem using area and transformations. They will use the Cabri Jr. app to perform translations on the squares constructed on the two legs and the hypotenuse of a right triangle to consolidate their understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem visually.

Concepts

area, hypotenuse, right triangles, transformations, translations, pythagorean theorem

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Additional Tags

proof of the pythagorean theorem using transformations, ti, texas instruments

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

HSG-SRT.A.1.b