LESSON 7 Symmetry

Line Symmetry

Professor Peabody loves the snowflake photographs by Wilson A. Bentley of Jericho, Vermont. Bentley took photographs of thousands of snowflakes and found that no two were alike.

Inspired, Professor Peabody started to create a snowflake picture by folding a paper square in half and then in half again. He drew a snowflake pattern on the paper folds to create part of the snowflake.

1. If he folds the paper in half once and cuts out the snowflake, what will he see when he opens the folds?

2. If he folds the paper in half twice and cuts out the snowflake, what will he see when he opens the folds?