Write-up
# 5
Scripts for Various
Geometer's SketchPad Constructions
by
Holly Anthony
Fall 2001
The following is a list of GSP
scripts that I believe are most useful.
(Note: you must have Geometer's
SketchPad installed on your computer to view the following links.)
To play the following scripts,
you must have Geometer's SketchPad open; then you should construct the
given points, lines, etc. listed by each script below. These 'given' constructions
should all be selected/highlighted before you play the script.
Triangle
Centers and Related Constructions
Centroid
(given three vertices of a triangle)
Orthocenter
(given three vertices of a triangle)
Circumcenter
(given three vertices of a triangle)
Incenter
(given three vertices of a triangle)
Circumcircle
(given three vertices of a triangle)
Incircle
(given three vertices of a triangle)
Excircle
(given three vertices of a triangle and an extra point on an extended side)
Medial
Triangle (given three vertices of a triangle)
Orthic
Triangle (given three vertices of a triangle)
Pedal
Triangle (given three vertices of a triangle and an extra point)
Nine
Point Circle (given three vertices of a triangle)
Euler
Line (given three vertices of a triangle)
Polygons
Square
(given the endpoints of a side)
Pentagon
(given the endpoints of a side)
Pentagon
(given the endpoints of a radius)
Hexagon
(given the endpoints of a side)
Octagon
(given the endpoints of a side)
Decagon
(given the endpoints of a radius)
Dodecagon
(given the endpoints of a side)
Segments
Golden
Ratio: divide a Segment AB into two parts that form the Golden Ratio.
Other
Constructions
Isosceles
Triangle (given the endpoints of the base and the endpoints of the
altitude)
Parabola
(given the endpoints of its directrix and its focus)