BLESSED

DAY,
EVERYONE!!!
Basic GEOMETRIC
CONSTRUCTION
Quarter 3
Week 4
Objective:

 uses a compass and

straightedge to bisect line
segments and perpendiculars.
Warm up
activity:
Observe the sketches of a human face below.
Do you see the transition of the drawing from an
incomplete sketch to a recognizable face?
 Questions to
answer:

1. Based on the sketches, how can you describe the lines (or
segments) used to sketch a face?

2. What is the purpose of those lines?

Lesson
1:

HOW TO BISECT
SEGMENTS
Straight edge Compass
 In Geometry, bisection is the division
of something into two congruent parts
usually by a line which is called a
bisector. The most familiar considered
types of bisectors are line segment and
angle bisector.
 Line Segment Bisector
Line segment bisector divides line segment into
two equal parts.
20 cm

10 cm 10 cm

Line Segment Bisector

ACTIVITY
1:
How to bisect a segment
Task: Construct the bisector of (JK)

J K
PROCEDURE
Step 1: Set-up your
compass such that
the tips cover
slightly more than
half the length of JK.
At point J, draw an
arc as shown,
Step 2: Usingthe
same set-up of
the compass, at
point K , repeat
STEP 1.
Step 3: Connect
the points of
intersection of
the two arcs.
Name this
segment LN
(LN ).
Step 4: Name the point
of intersection of JK
and LN as point M.
Point M is called
the midpoint.
Thus, JM = MK
LESSON
2:
HOW TO
CONSTRUCT
PERPENDICULARS
 Perpendicular lines are
intersecting lines that form right
angles.
ACTIVITY HOW TO CONSTRUCT
3:
PERPENDICULARS
Using the construction
in activity 1, right angles . L
J K
are formed by the two
. . .
segments. This is the
L
same procedure to
. N
construct perpendicular
lines.
 To show perpendicular
lines, extend the two
. L
segments to opposite K
J
directions. Affixing . .
.
arrowheads as shown in the L
figure. . N
In symbols; JK LN
THANK YOU &
KEEP SAFE!!!