This is an activity site to learn more about reflective symmetry. In order to complete this activity you will need a mirror.

This interactive tool helps student visualize symmetry. The exploration provided by the site helps students explore reflective symmetry. [Requires Java.]

Copy a quilt block made of 16 squares. Each block will have one of the four symmetry types: H, M, B, or S and you choose which you think it is.

Visit this African village and learn about symmetry and parts of 2D shapes. Users can first watch a video that helps with the concepts of finding a vertex and a line of symmetry. They can then practice their knowledge on four activities...

What lowercase letters read the same both upside down and right side up? If you have the answer, then you can handle this geometric symmetry math challenge. A one-page activity from the NTCM Math Challenge for Families collection....

This experiment by Bill Nye the Science Guy shows that people aren't perfectly symmetrical and that this asymmetry makes us distinct.

In this lesson students will learn about line of symmetry in real life objects. An interactive web lesson is used to engage students and give a multitude of real life examples with some interactive practice. The lesson also includes an...

This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan examines the mathematical nature of art, tilings and tessellations. Students will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature and our...

Site that focuses on planar pattern and transformations within geometry. It also identifies different kinds of symmetry.

This short lesson plan uses the art of Hmong "flower cloth" (paj ntaub) to help students learn about symmetry. Includes two suggested children's books you can use to learn more about Hmong culture.

In this instructional activity, students observe symmetry, geometric shapes, and angles in two Early American dances, and then choreograph their own dance with symmetrical figures. Media and teaching materials are included.

The goal of this task is to help students understand the commutative property of addition by examining the addition facts for single digit numbers. Aligns with CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.D.9 Identify arithmetic patterns, and explain them...

This task provides young scholars a chance to experiment with reflections of the plane and their impact on specific types of quadrilaterals. Aligns with 4.G.A.3.

This web lesson teaches students about symmetry in two-dimensional shapes.

This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding on the concept of symmetry.

Interactive exhibition answers all kinds of questions about patterns, symmetry, and tessellations. With games that reinforce concepts and loads of great illustrations. [Requires Shockwave.]

Interactive lessons featuring 2-D and 3-D shapes, angles, time, and symmetry. For each section, play a learning game, read a lesson that includes comprehensive vocabulary, and take a quiz to find out what you've learned.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video to determine if given shapes have rotational symmetry and then take an assessment to test their skills.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students examine shapes to determine if they have rotational symmetry. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:31] and a set of...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to look at 2D shapes and decide if they have rotational symmetry. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem and a set...

This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at real world examples of transformations found throughout West Edmonton Mall. The accompanying interactive component asks students to predict transformations through looking at...

The Nobel Foundation provides a fascinating speech by O.B. Klein of the Physics Committee. Elegant, erudite, and fully explanatory of the work of Lee and Yang. His description of a physicist on another planet is very insightful. This is...

An electrostatic simulation that moves beyond the two-dimensional representations a book may provide. Try this Gauss' Law model which shows the electric field and potential for cylindrical and spherical symmetry.

Dr. Math helps a student with the plotting and with finding the vertex and line of symmetry of a parabola.