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WELCOME TO INVESTIGATIONS: SHAPES!

Investigations: Shapesprovides an environment where students can learn about geometrythrough hands-on exploration. While designed or use in conjunction with theInvestigationscurriculum, Shapesis a un and power ul learning tool in its own right. Please take a momentto read through this guide, so you and your students can take ull advantage o all that Shapes has to o er.

GETTING STArTEdMinim m Cd-rOM S stem req i ements:Windows Macintosh

Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later

Power Macintosh G3 (or higher) or Intel processor

128 MB or more o installed RAM16 bit color depth or greater

Sound available

50 MB available hard disk space

Adobe(r) Acrobat(r) Reader(r) 7.0 or above

Windows 2000, ME, XP or later

Intel Pentium II or higher

128 MB or more o installed RAM16 bit color depth or greater

Sound available

50 MB available hard disk space

Adobe(r) Acrobat(r) Reader(r) 7.0 or above

Minim m S ccessNet s stem eq i ements:See current Pearson SuccessNet system requirements.

Cd-rOM Installation Inst ctions:Windows:

1. Put the Shapes CD-ROM in the computer.

2. Follow the onscreen instructions to install the so tware.

Macintosh:

1. Put the Shapes CD-ROM in the computer.

2. Double-click the Shapes CD-ROM on your desktop.

3. Double-click Shapes Installer.

4. Follow the onscreen instructions to install the so tware.


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THE ACTIVITy MENu

Theactivity menuprovides links to the various activities available inInvestigations: Shapes.Click theFree Explore iconto open the basic area or investigating with shapes. Other activities are described latethis document.

THE SHAPES WOrkSPACE

TheShapes workspaceconsists o a large, white area where shapes may be placed and manipulated, alonbuttons or the various shapes and tools available to the user.


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THE SHAPE SET BuTTON

Theshape set buttonindicates which o the three sets o shapes is currently in use. To switch to another shaset, click the orange arrow to the right o the shape set button, then click on the symbol or the shape set ylike to switch to:

Pattern Blocks(Butter y)

Power Polygons(Circus Tent)

Tangrams(Cat)

Free Explore selects the Pattern Blocks shape set by de ault. Other activities ask you to select a shape set you pick a puzzle.

SHAPE BuTTONS

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Below theshape set buttonare buttons or each o theshapesin the currently selected set. Clicking one o these buttons will change the cursor into an outline o the selected shape. When the cursor is in this mclicking anywhere in the white work area will stamp the selected shape, until another shape or tool is

SHAPE SETS

Pattern Blocks

Hexagon

Trapezoid Rhombus Rhombus Rhombus

Rhombus


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Power Polygons

Square Square Rectangle Triangle Triangle

Triangle

Rhombus Hexagon Triangle Triangle Trapezoid

Triangle

Rhombus Triangle Rhombus

Tangrams

Triangle

Triangle Triangle Square

Parallelogram

Triangle

When the Tangrams set is selected, there is also a button to place a complete set o Tangrams shapes (2 large triangles, 2 small triangles, 1 medium triangle, 1 square, 1parallelogram) in the work area.


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TOOLSA ter one or more shapes have been stamped in the work area, the buttons located along the top o thworkspace provide a variety o ways to manipulate them.

Arrow Tool

Thearrow toolselects and moves shapes in the work area. Click on a shape to select Multiple shapes can be selected by either clicking and holding the mouse in an emppart o the work area then dragging it across the shapes, or else by holding CTRL SHIFT- in the Mac version) while clicking on each o the shapes individually. To selected shape or shapes, click on it and hold down the mouse button, drag the shapthe desired location, then release the mouse button.

Flip Vertical and Flip Horizontal Tools

Selecting thefip vertical toolthen clicking on a shape will cause the shape to ip overa horizontal line through its midpoint. Selecting thefip horizontal toolthen clicking ona shape will cause the shape to ip over a vertical line through its midpoint. I mushapes are selected, clicking on any one o them will cause each o the selected shto ip over their respective midlines. I a glued group o shapes is selected, clickincause the whole group to ip over its midline (see detailed description under Glue Hammer Tools, below).

Rotate Counterclockwise and Rotate Clockwise Tools

These tools allow the user to rotate shapes around their center points. The buttons therotate toolsconsist o a curved arrow orming a circle around a number either2, or 3. These numbers represent increments o 15 (1=15, 2=30, 3=45). Clickinorange arrow below the button allows the user to select a di erent number. Selecthe rotate counterclockwise tool then clicking on a shape will cause the shape to rocounterclockwise around its center point by the selected amount. Selecting the rotaclockwise tool then clicking on a shape will cause the shape to rotate clockwise arocenter point by the selected amount. I multiple shapes are selected, clicking on ano them will cause each o the selected shapes to rotate around their respective cepoints. I a glued group o shapes is selected, the entire group will rotate around th

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Eraser and Broom Tools

When theeraser toolis visible, selecting it then clicking on a shape will cause the shapeto disappear rom the work area. I multiple shapes are selected, then clicking on any o them will cause all o the selected shapes to disappear. Clicking on the orange arro

below the eraser tool allows the user to choose between the eraser andbroom tools.The broom tool is used to clear the work area. When the broom tool is visible, selectingit then clicking on any shape in the work area will cause all shapes in the work area todisappear (the user will be asked to confrm their decision be ore the shapes are actuall

Glue and Hammer Tools

TheGlue Toolis used to group shapes and theHammer Toolis used to ungroup them.When the glue tool is visible, selecting it then selecting a highlighted set o shapeswill group the selected shapes together. You can also glue a set o shapes together oneat a time, that is, until you select a di erent tool. Once grouped, the shapes behave asa single unit or the purposes o moving, ipping, rotating, copying, patterning, erasingand urther gluing. Note that this is di erent rom merely selecting multiple shapes.For example, when rotating multiple selected shapes, each shape rotates around itsown center point; whereas rotating a group o shapes will cause all o the shapes torotate relative to the center point o the entire group. See the illustrations below:

Multiple Selected Shapes Grouped Shapes

Rotating 90

Clockwise

Note how each shape rotates in placearound its own center point.

Note how all o the shapes rotate around the center point or the entire group.

FlippingHorizontally

Note how each shape fips in place over its own vertical midline (represented by the dashed line).

Note how all o the shapes fip over thevertical midline or the entire group(represented by the dashed line)

Clicking on the orange arrow below the glue tool allows the user to choose between theglue and hammer tools. When the hammer tool is visible, selecting it then clicking onany shape in a group will cause all shapes in the group to un-group and revert to behavas individual shapes


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An Important note about rotating grouped shapes:Due to the way Shapes calculates the center o a group o shapes, rotating a group X degrees in one direction then rotating it back X degrees in the opption may leave the group a ew pixels o rom its original position. While this is a airly uncommthe dri t is usually slight, its important to be aware o this issue in case students become con used instance, rotating a group 2 increments counterclockwise then 2 increments clockwise doesnt returnto exactly the same position where it began.

Copy Tool

Selecting thecopy toolthen clicking on a shape will cause an identical shape to appein the work area slightly down and to the right o the original. I multiple shapesselected, copies o each o them will appear in the same positions relative to eachas the originals. I a group o shapes is selected, an identical group will appear.

Pattern Tool

Thepattern toolallows the user to create patterns by repeatedly copying and manipuing shapes in the same manner.

To get a sense o how the pattern tool works, try the ollowing:1. Place a shape in the workspace (in this case, a square).

2. Click the record button (red circle) on the pattern tool bar.

Once therecord buttonis clicked, it changes to the stop button (white square) andonly tools used in each step o making a pattern are available. A dialog bubble wiinstructing the user to copy the shape(s) they want to pattern.

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3. At this point, the cursor will automatically change to the copy tool. Simply click onshape(s) or group o shapes you wish to pattern. A copy will appear in the work areaall other shapes (including the original) will become inactive and turn gray. The copytool will become inactive and the arrow and rotate tools will become available.

4. Use the arrow and rotate tools to move and rotate the copy to the desired location andorientation relative to the original.

5. Click thestop button.This will save the pattern

6. To apply the pattern, click thepattern button.

7. Now, click on the shape you wish to apply the pattern to. A copy o the shape will apin the same position and orientation relative to the selected shape as the pattern copydid to the patterned shape.

8. The same pattern can just as easily be applied to a shape other than the one it wasrecorded with

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It could also be applied to a group o shapes:

The pattern tool can be used or a wide variety o applications. For example, i yhad a triangle and wanted to copy, rotate, and move it 5 times to create a hexagon aillustrated below:

This could be accomplished quickly using the pattern tool as ollows.

1. Place an equilateral triangle in the workspace

2. Hit the record button on the pattern tool and copy the triangle.

3. Use the arrow and rotate tools to move and rotate the copy as pictured below.

4. Stop recording, then apply the pattern to the newly created triangle.

5. Repeatedly applying the pattern to each new copy o the triangle will eventuallya hexagon:

The examples above are just two o many uses or the Pattern Tool. However, onlpattern may be stored at a time, so whenever a new pattern is recorded, the old one


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Color Tool

Selecting thecolor toolthen clicking on a shape will change the color o the shape. I multiple shapes or a group o shapes are selected, clicking on any o them will changecolor o all the selected shapes / all the shapes in the group. Clicking the orange arrow

below the color tool will open a yout menu showing all o the di erent colors that mbe selected.

MOrE OPTIONSUndo

Undowill reverse the e ects o the most recent action per ormed. Only the most receaction may be undone.

Snap

Clicking thesnap button,which is shaped like a U magnet, will turn snap mode on oro . When the snap mode is active, any time a shape is placed or moved close to anotshape, it will shi t slightly so that the nearest corners o the shapes line up witheach other.

Grid

Clicking thegrid buttonwill turn the grid on or o . When the grid is on, blue dots willappear in the work area at regular intervals, to help the user line up the shapes. For thePattern Blocks and Power Polygons shape sets, the dots are arranged in triangular

ormation, while or Tangrams the dots are arranged in a square ormation. When thegrid is turned o , the dots disappear.other.


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Horizontal and Vertical Mirrors

Clicking thehorizontal mirror buttonturns the horizontal mirror on or o . When thehorizontal mirror is on, a horizontal line will appear through the center o the workFor each shape in the work area, a re ection will appear on the opposite side o th

Shapes can be placed on either side o the line. When a shape is moved, its re ectimove the same distance and direction relative to the line (i.e., i the original is movtowards the line, the re ection will also move towards the line, in the opposite diretion). The re ections cannot be selected nor manipulated. When the mirror is turnethe line and all o the re ections will disappear.

Clicking thevertical mirror buttonturns the vertical mirror on or o . The verticalmirror works the same way as the horizontal mirror, except with a vertical line instea horizontal one.

It is possible to have both mirrors horizontal and vertical at the same time. Whmirrors are active, the re ections in one mirror will be re ected across the other, meach original shape will have not two but three re ections.


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Hints

Each time thehints buttonis clicked, a text bubble will appear with a hint or the currentactivity. Clicking repeatedly will cycle through the various hints available. This button not active in Free Explore mode.

Help

Clicking thehelp buttonopens the help window.

Click the tabs along the top o the help window to view hints and directions orvarious topics.

Print

Click theprint buttonto print an image o the entire workspace.

Save

Clicking thesave buttonwill allow you to save the current state o the workspace to afle. This button is only available in the CD-ROM version o Shapes.

Open

Click theopen buttonto restore a saved fle. Note that, i you open a fle, your currentprogress will be lost. This button is only available in the CD-ROM version o Shapes.


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ACTIVITIESBesides the Free Explore mode, there are also several activities available in Shapes, o ering more dilearning experiences.

Selecting an Activity For all o the activities except Free Explore and Quilt Squares, youll be prompted to select a shape slevel, and puzzle to work with. Each shape set has its own unique set o puzzles, so be sure to go bacall three. To return to the main menu, click the x button.

1. Select Activity 2. Quick Images selected.Select Shape Set

3. Power Polygons selected.Select Di fculty Level

4. Level 2 selected. Select Puzzle

Once the activity has started, you can switch between puzzles o the same di fculty level by clickingorward and back arrows on either side o the puzzle number in the header bar o the work area.

Quick ImagesIn theQuick Images activity,two boxes appear inside the work area. Clicking on the pair o eyes above tright-hand box will brie y reveal a design constructed rom shapes in the current shape set. The objeremember and re-create the design in the le t hand box. A tally o how many times the user has viewis displayed next to the eyes. Try to complete the activity while viewing the hints as ew times as pos

It is up to the user to decide when they have completed the puzzle. Advance to the next puzzle using arrows in the header bar, or going back to the main menu i youve fnished the last puzzle in a level.

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Quilt SquaresIn theQuilt Squares activity,the user is presented with a small box on the le t, and a grid made o nine identiboxes on the right. Placing a shape or part o a shape inside the small box will cause it to appear in eathe nine boxes in the grid, with the results o ten resembling a patterned quilt. See what designs you can cr

Puzzles

In thePuzzles activity,a light blue outline appears in the work area, and the user must fll it in with shapes rothe selected shape set. There might be multiple solutions or a puzzle try to fnd the one that takes the lenumber o shapes!

Refection PuzzlesRefection puzzlesare similar to regular puzzles, except that the blue outline lies on one side o a mirror, andgoal is to place shapes on the opposite side o the mirror so that their re ections fll the outline. Youll neethink about where to put the shapes and how to orient them so their re ections come out right. Use the gridto help you know how ar rom the mirror you should be.


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For a real challenge, try turning the mirror o while you build your shape. Then turn it on to check y

Line o Symmetry PuzzlesIn theLine o Symmetry Puzzles activity,a design constructed rom shapes in the current shape set will apon one side o a vertical or horizontal mirror. Its up to the user to determine whether or not the desigo symmetry by rotating the shape and trying to line it up with its re ection so that the two overlap e

Note that or some Line o Symmetry puzzles, the shape will not be symmetrical.


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MAkING yOur OWN PuzzLESIn the CD-ROM version o Shapes, its possible or teachers or students to make and save their own puzzles.

Here are the steps to create a puzzle:1. From the activity menu, click on the Create Puzzle button to bring up the Create Puzzles menu.

2. Select which puzzle type you want to create (or select Edit Puzzle to edit a previously saved puzzle).

3. Select which Shape Set you would like to use.

4. From here you will be taken to the workspace, where you will be able to place shapes in the appropriate

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5. To save the puzzle, click on the Save button, type a flename or the puzzle, then hit enter.

6. When you want to solve a puzzle that youve created, click Open My Work on the main activity mselect the fle or the puzzle you wish to solve. This will open the puzzle in the workspace, where yoit by placing shapes in the outline.

AddITIONAL HELP ANd SuPPOrTYou can reachPearson Scott Foresman Technical Support at 1-800-882-3030, rom 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM EasteTime ,Monday through Friday. You can also e-mailTechnical Support at orview theTechnical Support Web siteat .

This material is based on work supported by theNational Science Foundation(NSF) underGrant No.ESI-0095450. Any opinions, fndings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material athose o the author(s) and do not necessarily re ect the views o theNational Science Foundation.

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