DIGITAL TEXT Name of the teacher: Aparna Venugopal Subject : Mathematics Class : 8 Unit : Polygons Sub unit : Shapes Learning Objectives By learning the topic, learner will be able to : • Learn the concept of polygons • Name different polygons • Identify non – polygons and polygons • Understand the characteristics of polygons INTRODUCTION Look around.What all shapes do you see in your surroundings? Can you name them? We are already familiar with shapes like triangle, square, rectangle,parallelogram etc.. Now take your note book and draw horizontal and vertical dots.Then join 3 dots using straight lines to form a triangle.Now join four dots to make the shape. Which shape did you get? Yes..you have drawn a quadrilateral. Now try to join 5 dots to get a shape.Which shape is this? Are you familiar with it? Let us look which shape you have got. POLY