ClassFlow
Class Flow: Transformations
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply multiple transformations to create congruent and similar figures in any or all of the four quadrants. Students apply their geometric sense by using multiple...
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Triangles
This site from the University of Saskatchewan provides an explanation of similar triangles, the Pythagorean theorem, and the distance between arbitrary points in a plane. Example problems for each of these concepts are provided.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Geometric Transformations
Search for common core lesson plans on geometric transformations.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Polyominoes Fun With Dominoes
For students who have ever played dominoes and Tetris, polyominoes will strike them as a great deal of fun. Teachers will see the educational benefits of working with similar and congruent shapes and rotating them in a plane. Exploration...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Corresponding Parts: Lesson 5
This lesson will define the phrase corresponding parts (e.g. angles, sides, etc.). It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Corresponding Parts."
Cuemath
Cuemath: Median of a Triangle
This lesson explores the equation of the median of a triangle formula, sum of medians of a triangle, altitude of a triangle, median of equilateral triangle formula, and median of a triangle definition while discovering the interesting...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Ballooning Inside the Box
In this activity Using the USATODAY infograph, "Ballooning inside the box", students will explore geometric relationships using similar triangles. Identifying triangles with two pairs of congruent angles to explore similarity properties...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt, G Mg How Far Is the Horizon?
Some friends are at the beach looking out onto the ocean on a clear day and they wonder how far away the horizon is. A second problem asks how far the horizon would be from the top of a mountain. Students must also answer a question...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan introduces a variety of motion geometry concepts such as translations, reflections, and rotations. Lots of interactive support for learners.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Angles in Geometry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a look at angles in geometry. Drawing, labeling, measuring, special angles: (right, straight, acute, obtuse) and congruence.
The Math League
The Math League: Symmetric Figure
This tutorial features several examples of symmetric figures to explain how the line of symmetry works.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Types of Triangles
Explore the different types of triangles and other properties.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Triangles
In this video segment [2:01] from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad finds that by arranging triangle tiles they are able to create a path that will allow them to cross a river of hot lava.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Middle School Math 8 for Ccss
A complete CCSS Grade 8 Mathematics course that includes interactives in every lesson, plus videos, hands-on activities, and questions with immediate feedback. Every lesson also has specifically chosen 'Related Modalities' that teach the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Perimeter and Area Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide looks at the definitions and units for perimeter, area, and circumference, and at the perimeter and area of different shapes, including regular...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Squares
The CyberSquad builds a raft out of squares in order to cross a river in this Cyberchase video [2:05] segment.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Tan Ii
The Chinese character mark for Tan II (pronounced she-tow-bah) is the second of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Tan"
The Chinese character mark formerly known as "Tan" is the first of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students will be able...
Other
Nearpod: Introduction to Geometric Transformations
In this lesson, students will learn how to describe and identify reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations.