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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Rotations in the Plane With Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A rotation is a transformation that turns a figure a certain number of degrees about a certain point. This activity explores the properties of rotations and the relationships between the original and image figures.
Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Polish President Lech Kaczynski Dies in Plane Crash

For Students 9th - 10th
View video footage from the scene of the plane accident that claimed the life of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and key figures in the Polish Government. Was it pilot error, or that the Soviet-designed plane was more...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Working With Point Rotations in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using Cabri Jr. and the properties of rotations to get a true understanding of how a figure is rotated about a point.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Dilations in the Plane (Transformations)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students will explore the properties of dilations and the relationships between the original and image figures.
Handout
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Exploring Cross Sections

For Teachers 7th Standards
Students will explore the cross-sections that result when a plane cuts through a rectangular prism or pyramid. Students will also see examples of cross-section cuts in real-world situations.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Isometric Drawing Tool

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes an interactive math tool to create drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. Rotate and color your drawings, and view them in 3D or 2D.
Interactive
GeoGebra

Geogebra: Copy of Classify Two Dimensional Figures

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
User will drag the vertices of the quadrilaterals to decide on the best possible classification.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Different 2 D Shapes Within Complex Composite Figures

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine how many triangles are needed to create the complex composite shape.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Coordinate Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about Coordinate geometry with definitions, the coordinate plane, formulas, equation of a line, related topics, solved examples, and practice questions.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Triangle Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This applet allows users to study the nature of triangles and their area. It draws random triangles on a Cartesian coordinate system. The user can determine the area of the triangle using his or her preferred method. After the calculated...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Geometry City

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan reviews transformations in the coordinate plane while mimicking real-world planning skills. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extention as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Fire Hydrant

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Discover how the geometric shape of an object directly relates to its usefullness in this math challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection. A one page activity that you can print or download.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding Area With Squares: Lesson 3

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Step by step, this video lesson [2:41] will show you how to add up the number of squares that cover an object in order to find the area of a figure. It is 3 of 7 in the series titled "Finding Area with Squares."...
Website
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Recortando Geometria

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In Spanish. In this site you will find different activities involving geometric plane figures.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Sorter

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Students learn how to categorize plane figure polygons using Venn Diagrams with this computer based tool.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Determine the Vertices of Transformed Images

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on lesson plan uses exploration and discovery to help students determine the coordinates of the vertices of various figures when translated, rotated, or reflected in a coordinate plane. The exploration phase will access...
Activity
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Corta en Dos

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Try to find the line of symmetry of these 8 figures. If you find it the two figures should coincide.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Quadrilateral Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to classify quadrilaterals in the coordinate plane.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Oh No! My Ominoes!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore pentominoes by determining congruent and non-congruent shapes.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Straight Lines and Curves in Various Shapes

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to count the number of straight lines and curves in a given 2D figure. The video is followed by practice problems.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Thinking Outside the "Box"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will find the area of each two dimensional figure on a net of a rectangular prism. In groups, students will cut out the net and create a rectangular prism. Groups will then discuss how to find the lateral area and the total...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 1.6 Area or Perimeter of Triangles/ Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore finding and measuring perimeter of figures.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Determine Translations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given two figures on the coordinate plane, find the formal definition of the translation that takes one figure to another. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Rotate Shapes: Center Not (0,0)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a figure on the coordinate plane and the definition of a rotation about an arbitrary point, draw the image of that rotation. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video,...

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