Imagine you are suspending a cube from one vertex (corner) and allowing it to hang freely. Now imagine you are lowering it into water until it is exactly half submerged. What shape does the surface of the water make around the cube?
What happens to the perimeter of triangle ABC as the two smaller circles change size and roll around inside the bigger circle?
Draw a square. A second square of the same size slides around the first always maintaining contact and keeping the same orientation. How far does the dot travel?
Imagine an infinitely large sheet of square dotty paper on which you can draw triangles of any size you wish (providing each vertex is on a dot). What areas is it/is it not possible to draw?
Can you draw triangles of area 1, 2, 3, ... square units?
Can you draw a triangle with an area of 1.5 square units?
What is the area of the smallest triangle you can draw? Is this triangle unique?
How many triangles of of area 2 square units can you draw and can you create "families" or "groups" of these triangles?