Hierarchial Relationships with Quadrilateral Makers

Exploring Shape Makers

Directions:

The goal of this activity is to explore the hierarchical relationships that exist among the special quadrilateral shapes.

Click on the shape name button to bring up a window with that shape maker.
Drag the shape maker to see if it can be used to make the other shapes listed in the columns.
Click "Yes" or "No" to indicate your answer for each shape.
You may click on "Check Row" to check your answers.

	Parallelogram?	Trapezoid?	Rhombus?	Kite?	Rectangle?	Square?	# Correct in Row
Is every parallelogram also a...?		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No
Is every trapezoid also a...	Yes No		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No
Is every rhombus also a...	Yes No	Yes No		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No
Is every kite also a...	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No		Yes No	Yes No
Is every rectangle also a...	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No		Yes No
Is every square also a ...	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No