What pictures are said when they have Problematic question.

equal proportion?

5- Statement of Aim
Today we will study about symmetry.
6- Teaching Point-1 Line of symmetry for regular polygons
Teaching Method Lecture cum demonstration method
Teaching techniques Question/answer technique
Teaching resources Images, shapes, paper, whiteboard
Evaluation techniques Question/answer technique
Pupil Teacher Activity Student’s Activity Whiteboard Work/Demonstration
Developmentary Questions
What is polygon? Give examples. A closed figure made of
several line segment.

What is a regular polygon? Figure having sides and

angles of equal measures.

Name some regular polygons. Equilateral triangle, square,

pentagon, hexagon.

How many lines of symmetry do these Don’t know

regular polygons have?

Pupil Teacher Statement

Therefore, each regular polygon has as Students will listen carefully

many lines of symmetry as it has sides or
we can say that, they have multiple lines
of symmetry.

Evaluation (only questions)

 1. Can you draw a triangle which has?
a) exactly one line of symmetry? Isosceles
b) no lines of symmetry? Scalene

2. Consider the letters of English alphabets, A to Z. List among them the letters which have
a) vertical lines of symmetry (like A) U, V
b) horizontal lines of symmetry (like B) O, X
c) no lines of symmetry (like Q) P, F

Teaching Point-2 Rotational symmetry

Teaching Method
Teaching techniques
Teachings materials
Evaluation techniques
Pupil Teacher Activity
Developmentary Questions
Lecture method
Question answers technique
Paper, whiteboard, images
Question answers technique
Student’s Activity Whiteboard Work/Demonstration

What do you when the hands of clock go They rotate in one direction
round? about the fixed position or it
rotates clockwise.

Do the blades of ceiling fan rotate Clockwise direction.

clockwise or anticlockwise?

What if you spin the wheel of the bicycle, Clockwise and anticlockwise
it rotates in which direction? both.

Give one example for each –

a) Clockwise direction a) Mixer grinder
b) Anticlockwise direction b) Movement of earth
c) Clockwise and Anticlockwise both c) Paper windmill

Pupil Teacher Statement

When an object rotates, its shape and size Students will listen carefully
do not change. The rotation turns an
object about the fixed point. The fixed
point is centre of rotation. The angle of
turning during rotation is called angle of
rotation.
Evaluation

1. What is the centre of position of clock?

2. What is the angle of rotation of clock by 3 O’ clock?

Teaching Point-3 Order of Rotational symmetry

Teaching Method Activity method
Teaching techniques Question answers technique
Teachings materials Paper, whiteboard, images
Evaluation techniques Question answers technique
Pupil Teacher Activity Student’s Activity Whiteboard Work/Demonstration
Developmentary Questions (Optional)
Pupil teacher will give instructions to
students –
a) Cut a paper into a square shape Students will perform an
b) Cut from one corner along the activity.
diagonal fold stopping from the
centre.
c) Repeat along the remaining
diagonal folds.
d) Fold four alternate corner sections
down to the centre of the paper.

Paper windmill that you have made is Symmetrical.

a) Symmetrical
b) asymmetrical Zero.
how many lines of symmetry are there in
paper windmill?
Don’t know.
So how can we say that it has rotational
symmetry?
Figure
Pupil Teacher Statement (Optional)

Therefore, no line of symmetry is present Students will listen carefully

in paper windmill. Hence no folding can
help to have coincident halves. However,
when we rotate it by 90 degree about the
fixed position, the windmill will look
exactly same. So, it has rotational
symmetry.
In a full turn, there are precisely 4
positions when it looks exactly the same.
Because of this it has rotational symmetry
of order 4.

Evaluation

1. Give one example which has both lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry. Draw its figure with the order of
rotational symmetry.

Closure

✓ Symmetry is a geometrical concept that is found in most cases including nature.

✓ Any geometric shape can be said to be symmetric or asymmetric
✓ A shape is said to be symmetric if there exists an imaginary line passing through that divides the shape into
halves and that these halves overlap each other completely.
✓ Most regular polygons have both line and rotational symmetry.

Recapitulation (only question)

 1. How many lines of symmetry are there in square? a) 1
b) 3
c) 2
d) 4
2- How many lines of symmetry are in this given figure?

3- What is the order of symmetry for the following figure?

4- Order of Rotational symmetry of given figure is –

5- The given figure is-

a) Symmetrical
b) Asymmetrical
c) Rotational
d) Both a and c

Home Assignment (should extend learning of the students and not repeat what was taught)

1) Write down all alphabets which have a)

Lines of symmetry
b) No lines of symmetry