Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Space

For Students 3rd - 5th
At the Food Market there are a lot of shapes. Help Afia find and name the shapes.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Point Symmetry

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A definition and examples of point symmetry, as well as links to information on rotational symmetry, reflection symmetry, transformations, and rotation.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Area of the Trapeziod

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is a based on an activity I saw in Exploring Geometry with the Geometer's Sketchpad. Student will construct a trapeziod and then use rotation to create a parallelogram from the trapeziod. The follow up questions lead the...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains the definitions for many geometric terms including transformations.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Four Basic Symmetries

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a site from the Math Forum that gives visual examples to show the differences between the four different kinds of symmetry. Examples are given along with links to additional information.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Seven Circles Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, seven pennies are placed in a circle so that they are all touching one in the center and their neighbors. Young scholars are asked to find as many rigid motions of the plane as they can which are symmetries of this...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with transformations. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Platonic Solids Ornaments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a hands-on activity that introduces students to the five Platonic solids. Students will discover the special relationship between faces, vertices, and edges. Students will research the Platonic solids and then construct and...
Website
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Shape Preserving Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a site that discusses transformations and the processes.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Wrapping Paper Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students explore slides, flips, and turns in this interactive web lesson.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using your graphing calculator for transformation problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Building Stars

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to color in a tessellation that is different from the usual. Read the short introduction to find out more about this tessellation that doesn't repeat.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Puzzling Cube

For Students 3rd - 8th
See if you can figure out which symbols are on which cube face at this one page website. The solution is just a click away once you have your solution in mind.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: All in the Mind

For Students 3rd - 8th
You will have to use visualization to help you solve this challenge. At this one page website, you will be able to check your solution.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Dicey

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you can visualize a cube and turn it around in your mind, then this is the challenge for you. This one page website has the solution available to check your thinking.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Green Cube, Yellow Cube

For Students 3rd - 8th
Think about the surface area of a cube. At this one page website, you use that information to complete the challenge. Solutions are offered right at the website.

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