City Mapping Activity

What are we doing here?
Use congruence to identify all the categories of shapes in a satellite image of downtown Washington, D.C., and of Conyers, GA. Work with your groups to determine when two shapes are close enough to be considered congruent. [br][br]How many categories of shapes are there in each picture? How many copies of each category show up in each picture? Try to count up and record your data to the side of each picture.[br] [br]After both activities, the whole class will discuss and compare answers. How was congruence determined? What different ways of comparing blocks were used? Think back to vocabulary from yesterday – [b]rigid transformations, translations, reflections, and rotations.[/b]
Use the "rigid polygon" tool to copy shapes from the map to the side, and label them.
Zoom in and out, and use the "rigid polygon" tool to copy shapes from the map, move them to the side, and label them.

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