Lesson: Geometric Constructions: Perpendicular Lines Mathematics

Students will be able to

• construct the perpendicular to a line from a given point not on the line,
• construct the perpendicular to a line at a given point on the line,
• construct the perpendicular bisector of a line segment,
• understand that any point on the perpendicular bisector of a line segment is equidistant to the segment ends,
• understand that the perpendicular bisector of a line segment is its axis of symmetry,
• understand that the shortest distance from a point to a line is measured on the perpendicular from this point to the line.