Name: ________________________

HUBCAP DESIGN
Today were going to design our own paper-plate hubcaps using rotational symmetry! Steps: 1. If we were to section off the hubcap into e!ually si"ed slices #thin$ pi""a%& what would the measure of the angle be for each slice' #(int: there are )* degrees in a full circle% +nswer: _________ degrees in each slice ,. -ill in the blan$s below: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. . e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice / e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice ) e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice 0 e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice 1 e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice 2 e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice 1* e!ually si"ed slices ____________ degrees in each slice

. 3ircle the number of slices you would li$e to section your hubcap into: #(int: more slices means that the rotation will be repeated more times& ma$ing a cooler design!% / ) 0 1 2 1*

.. 4easure to find the 5ery center of this circle and mar$ that spot with a dot. 6sing an angle ruler& practice separating the circle into the number of slices that you selected abo5e

/. Now that you5e practiced& you can separate your paper plate hubcap into the number of slices you selected by: a. 4ar$ a dot in the 789: 38NT89 of the plate. ;etermine the center by measuring to the middle. 4a$e sure you are using the side of the plate you would eat off of. b. ;raw one line segment from the center point out to the edge of the plate.

c. 6sing your angle ruler& measure your angles and draw line segments in PENCIL on the paper plate to split the plate into the desired sections. :our plate should loo$ li$e a pi""a& with the same number of slices that you circled abo5e. ). <ic$ ,-. different shapes to use from the tubs of colored wooden shapes. +rrange these shapes in a fun design in ONE of the slices of your hubcap. -it all the shapes in one slice. Trace the shapes.

0. 9otate each of the shapes into the ne=t slice of the hubcap& imagining that they are all attached to the center of the hubcap by a string. :ou must turn and rotate the shapes so that they all land in the ne=t slice loo$ing >ust li$e they did in the first slice. Trace the shapes in the new slice. 1. 3ontinue this pattern of rotation around the hubcap until all of the slices are filled. 8ach slice should loo$ e=actly li$e e5ery other slice. 2. (ow many times can you rotate your hubcap and it loo$ e=actly the same' To do this& start at the original spot and rotate until the hubcap is identical to the start and ma$e a tally mar$. 3ontinue this until you ha5e reached one full )* rotation and include this final rotation. This is called the order of symmetry. ?hat is your order of symmetry' ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 1*. 6se your angle ruler to measure the angle between the line at your starting point and the point where you said it first loo$ed identical in the !uestion abo5e. This is called the angle of rotation. ?hat is your angle of rotation' ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 11. ;ouble-chec$ your hubcap. ;oes each slice loo$ completely identical' If so& you ha5e rotational symmetry! This means that e5ery time you rotate your figure by the angle of rotation& the figure loo$s identical to the original. ;oes your hubcap ha5e rotational symmetry' ?hy or why not' ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______ 1,. @n the bac$ of your paper plate& write: a. :our name b. The angle of rotation c. The order of the symmetry d. The shapes you used to create your design e. ;oes your hubcap ha5e rotational symmetry' T(8A8 ?IBB C8 ;IA<B+:8;& A@ ;@ :@69 C8AT T@ 4+D8 T(84 B@@D NI38 If you have time: 1. COLOR your hubcap! 9otational symmetry has to be preser5ed& so the rules for coloring are: 1. 3olor one slice at a time.

,. 4a$e sure that the colors you use in the first slice match up with the colors you use in the ne=t slice. Imagine rotating the whole slice onto the ne=t slice. The colors ha5e to correspond with each other . 6se a solid color or >ust plain white for the bac$ground.