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Exploratorium

Making a Translation Tesselation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Make masterful art using math. An interesting activity has learners create artwork involving tesselations. First they cut out a base shape from index cards, then they apply translations to complete their masterpieces.
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PPT
Curated OER

Where a Shape Will be After Two Translations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Show your class some ways to calculate shape translation. They can consider seven shapes on a coordinate grid. Then, they must turn the shapes on the grid given a set of directions on the slides. I would use this for practice or review.
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Curated OER

Translations, Reflections and Rotations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the Internet to learn about translations, reflections and rotations. Students access the Transmographer program on the Internet, where they practice what they have learned. Students also complete a worksheet.
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PPT
Curated OER

Visualizing and Naming Polygons

For Teachers 5th - 6th
A really useful resource contains 116 slides covering basic geometric concepts related to 2-D or plane shapes. Shape properties, translations, reflections, congruence, symmetry, and grid work are all laid out in a comprehensive and...
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Teachers Network

A World of Symmetry: Math-Geometry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Define and identify the three basic forms of symmetry translation, rotation, and glides with your class. They cut out and arrange paper pattern blocks to illustrate symmetry, create a Cartesian graph, and design a rug with a symmetrical...
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Curated OER

Fun With Transformations

For Teachers 5th
Demonstrate and discuss the three types of transformations: rotation, reflection, and translation. Participate in a game which helps to reinforce and practice what they learned. Groups work collaboratively to complete the game.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reflection, Translation, Rotation

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reflection, translation and rotation worksheet, students read instructions, re-drawing a letter to the given specifications. Answers are included on page 2.
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Curated OER

Flips, Sides and Turns: Exploring Transformations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use an online dictionaries to define key geometric terms. They explore several websites to help them differentiate the terms reflections, translations and rotations as they apply to geometry and then complete an assessment...
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Curated OER

Geometric Transformations

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners examine images and preimages of a mapping and identify isometry. They view images by M.C. Escher, observe teacher demonstrations, and create a translation image, a rotation image, and a dilation.
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PBS

Using Symmetry to Create Corporate Logos

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Young mathematicians investigate the use of symmetry in graphic design. After first learning about reflection, translational, and rotational symmetry, children use this new knowledge to identify symmetry in letters of the alphabet and...
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Worksheet
Kuta Software

Variable and Verbal Expressions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Your learners will practice their math translations with this worksheet that focuses on algebraic expressions. See if they can go from sentence form to numerical and back again using the different operations and exponents. 
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Curated OER

Shape Up: Playing with Shapes

For Students 4th - 5th
Encourage your scholars to play with math using this shapes partner game, where players toss a number cube (possibly a die) to determine which geometric shape to draw. The students toss the cube a second time to determine whether they...
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Study Jams! Creating Equations from Word Problems

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Word problems are full of information waiting to be deciphered. This animated video explains how to look for the important parts and how to translate those word cues into the correct signs. Go through a problem from start to finish and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rotations and reflections

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
In this rotations worksheet, learners complete problems having to do with shapes and their rotations, reflections, symmetry, translations, and more. Students complete 6 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reflection, Rotation and Translation

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reflection, rotation and translation worksheet, learners describe which of the above happens to a set of shapes, and in what order. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reflection, Translation and Rotation

For Students 5th - 6th
In this rotation, reflection and translation learning exercise, students look at shapes on a grid and determine what happens to the shape, in order. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Slides, Flips, and Turns

For Students 5th
In this transformation learning exercise, 5th graders determine if a pair of figures are related by a slide, flip, or turn. The learning exercise reviews rotation, reflection, and translation.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reflection, Translation and Rotation

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reflection, translation and rotation worksheet, students determine which of these things have been done to s set of figures. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reflection, Rotation or Translation?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reflection, rotation and translation worksheet, students determine which has been done to a set of 6 figures. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Language Resources UK

Numbers WS1

For Students 3rd - 10th
Combine Spanish, English, and basic calculations to help your class get a good grasp of Spanish numbers. The resource is made up of several different exercises that ask pupils to unscramble letters, translate words, and complete basic...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lively Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Scholars realize the importance of reading and correct interpretation when engaging in mathematical problem solving. This begins with the understanding of vocabulary and the translation from numeric to algebraic and algebraic to numeric.
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Futures Channel

Algebra Magic

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Abracadabra! Letters can be used in math to represent numbers with the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve problems! Math magicians will participate in an activity that uses a calculator and a bag...
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Curated OER

Transformations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students draw on graph paper. In this geometry lesson, students review types of triangles and quadrilaterals. Students investigate geometric transformations, including translation, rotation and reflection. Students practice each...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Independent Practice 2: Numbers to Words

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this numbers to words instructional activity, students read three-digit numbers and then write them as words. Afterward, they read words and translate them to numbers. This one-page instructional activity contains 20 problems.

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