1. 9.3.3.6 Know and apply properties of congruent and similar figures to solve problems and logically justify results.

2.   Lesson Objective: IWBAT to recognize similar figures.  Similarity: 1. Corresponding Angles are congruent 2. Corresponding sides have a common ratio. Guiding Question: What does it mean for 2 things to be similar?

3.  Similar Rectangles have a common ratio between sides

4.  Guiding Question: What does it mean for 2 things to be similar?  Scale Factor- the number you multiply sides by to get from one shape to the other.  What would the scale factor here be?

5.  Guiding Question: What does it mean for 2 things to be similar?  Every equilateral triangle is similar to every other equilateral triangle.  You are guaranteed to have a common ratio and corresponding angles are congruent.

6.  Guiding Question: What does it mean for 2 things to be similar? Are both the rectangle and the pentagon similar?

7.  Guiding Question: What does it mean for 2 things to be similar?

8.   Assignment: Similarity Packet (Skip geometric mean question) Guiding Question: What does it mean for 2 things to be similar?