Exploration Recap

Typically in a connect-the-dots puzzle, the dots are already given, but not in the National Math Club’s version! With Connect the Dots, Mathletes must determine where to place the dots on the coordinate plane before they can connect them and reveal the picture. Mathletes will practice rotations, reflections and translations, writing x- and y-coordinates of points and using slopes and the slope-intercept form of lines.

Materials Needed

• 1 handout per student (2 options: Mathman or Shooting Star)
• 1 instructions sheet per student
• 1 pencil per student
• Colored pencils, markers or crayons (optional)