Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Getting a Handle on New Transformations 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Use 2x2 matrices to move along a line. The second day of a two-day lesson plan is the 28th installment in a 32-part unit. Pupils work together to create and solve systems of equations that will map a transformation to a given...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Reflections of Light

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why can we see our reflection in a window but not a brick wall? Young physicists learn the Law of Reflection and various light properties that help them answer this and other questions about reflection. Use the PowerPoint to introduce...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transformational Geometry Using the Geometer's Sketchpad

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete a webquest on the various types of symmetry. Using a computer, they explore the concepts of transformational geometry and identify points, segments, lines and planes. They experiment with the rotation of a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Design Explorations: Frieze Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will explore frieze patterns. A frieze pattern is a mathematical concept to classify designs on two-dimensional surfaces, which are repetitive in one direction, based on the symmetries in the pattern. They will explore examples...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Effect of Transformations on Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th
In this effect of transformations on coordinates worksheet, students determine the coordinates of 4 geometric shapes on a grid after a given transformation.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Transformations on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Here is a study guide on transformations that includes reflections, translations, dilations, and rotations. It also has definitions, helpful diagrams, and several examples involving transformations on the coordinate plane. The lesson...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Transfromations

For Students 10th
In this geometry activity, 10th graders solve questions that involve rotations, reflections, and dilations.  The one page activity contains ten multiple choice questions.  Answers are not provided. 
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Composition of Linear Transformations 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Scholars take transformations from the second to the third dimension as they extend their thinking of transformations to include three-dimensional figures. They explore how to use matrices to represent compositions of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Data Representation

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve real life scenarios using math. For this geometry lesson, students collect, predict and interpret data. They measure a chair using different measurements and choose what would make the chair the best design.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Modeling Video Game Motion with Matrices 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Video game characters move straight with matrices. The first day of a two-day lesson introduces the class to linear transformations that produce straight line motion. The 23rd part in a 32-part series has pupils determine the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shape and Space

For Teachers 9th
NOT A LESSON Students
Worksheet
Curated OER

Transformations Homework

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geometry worksheet, students transform a coordinate based on a reflection, translation, or dilation in order to obtain the image. There are 12 questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use the digital camera, identify geometric shapes (in nature as well as man-made), and gain a better understanding of geometric vocabulary. They search for and recognize geometric shapes in unusual settings
Worksheet
Curated OER

A Geometry Worksheet - Similar Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
In this similar triangles worksheet, students find the scale factor of 6 sets of similar triangles. Students find the scale factor of two similar triangles given a sketch with measurements. Students use proportions to find a missing side...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Comparing and Explaining Transformations

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations, students will be able to develop algebraic representations for rotations and generalize and then compare and contrast the properties of congruence transformations and...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Comparing and Explaining Transformations

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations, students will be able to develop algebraic representations for rotations, and generalize and then compare and contrast the properties of congruence transformations and...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: House

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the Cabri Geometry II Plus software to invert, rotate and dilate a figure.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Transformations, Rotations, Dilations 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This StudyCards stack tests students' understanding of translation, transformation, symmetry, dilation, and rotation of a point to form images. Teachers require TI StudyCards Creator Software and students will need the StudyCardApp on...
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Waterloo: Cemc: Geometry and Spatial Sense: Transformations [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Accompanied by links to online activities and demonstrations, middle schoolers learn about the different types of transformations on a coordinate grid through this lesson plan. The lesson is designed to match the Grade 7 Ontario...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 8.1 Circles and Similarity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how similarity transformation is one or more rigid transformations (reflection, rotation, translation) followed by a dilation.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Transtar: Reflections, Rotations, Dilations and Translations

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
For this geometry game, students must guide Transtar, an alien spaceship, across space by applying transformations to it. At the same time, there are dangers to avoid and the number of moves and tries are limited.
Website
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Symmetry and Translations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This University of Regina site gives some history and definitions about translations and symmetry.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Types of Transformations Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Transformations move and modify geometric shapes. There are several types of transformations that all transform figures in different ways. These transformations can...
Activity
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Plane Geometry: Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore transformations of a polygon that include: 1) translation 2) rotation 3) reflection and 4) dilation.