Name_____________________________________ Period___________ Date_______

Reflections Over A Line

1. Click on the Geogebra Icon on your desktop.

2. This will take you directly to a split screen, one is a column titled
Algebra, and the other is a graph titled graphics.

PART 1

3. Select the Point Tool

in the top left corner. Click with this
tool on the graph to create a point. Notice that the ordered pair of this point
appear in the Algebra portion of the screen. Record your ordered pair
here.
(___,___)
4. Reflecting something is creating a mirror image of something.
Complete the following sentence explaining what you think will happen to the
original ordered pair to create the reflection.
To create the ordered pair of a reflection of my origional point, my original
x value will______________________________________ __________and my original y
value will _________________________________________

5. Test your guess. Use the Reflect about line

tool to reflect
your point over the x-axis. Select the tool and then click on your point
followed by clicking on the x-axis.

6. Record your new ordered pair.

(____,____)

7.

Does the new ordered pair match what you expected to happen?

yes/no
If you answered no, create a new sentence explaining what happened.
To create the ordered pair of a reflection over the x axis of my original
point, my original x value will______________________________________
__________and my original y value will _________________________________________

8. Using the Move Tool

drag your initial point somewhere new.
Experiment with at least crossing all the different axises. Watch what
happens to the initial points ordered pair and the reflections ordered pair as
you drag it. Does your sentence stay true for all these points? Yes/No
9. If you answered NO, create a new sentence that stays true for
dragging the point anywhere on the graph.
To create the ordered pair of a reflection over the x axis of my original
point, my original x value will______________________________________
__________and my original y value will _________________________________________

PART TWO

10.Select the Point Tool

in the top left corner. Click with this
tool on the graph to create a point. Notice that the ordered pair of this point
appear in the Algebra portion of the screen. Record your ordered pair
here.
(___,___)
11.Complete the sentence of what you think will happen if you reflect
your point over the y-axis.

To create the ordered pair of a reflection of my original point over the y

axis, my original x value will______________________________________ __________and
my original y value will _________________________________________

12.Test your guess. Use the Reflect about line

tool to reflect
your point over the y-axis. Select the tool and then click on your point
followed by clicking on the y-axis.
13.What is the reflections ordered pair?
(_____,_______)
14. Do the new coordinate points match what you expect? Yes/No
15.If you answered no, complete the sentence so that it is true.
To create the ordered pair of a reflection of my original point over the y
axis, my original x value will______________________________________ __________and
my original y value will _________________________________________

16.Using the Move Tool

drag your initial point somewhere new.
Experiment with at least crossing all the different axises. Watch what
happens to the initial points ordered pair and the reflections ordered pair as
you move it. Does your sentence stay true for all these points? Yes/No
17.If you answered no, complete the sentence so that it stays true for
moving the original point anywhere on the graph.
To create the ordered pair of a reflection of my original point over the y
axis, my original x value will______________________________________ __________and
my original y value will _________________________________________

18.Extension: Use the input tool

in the bottom left corner
to enter the equation y=x and the enter key. Do you think reflecting over this
line will be the same as over the x-axis, the y-axis, a mixture of the two, or
something completely different? Write a sentence explaining what you think
will happen and test it out.

19. Were you right? If not, write a new sentence based off of your
observations.