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Rotations
Young scholars discuss the concepts of reflection, rotation, and translation. For this rotation activity, students investigate rotations through examples on an overhead projector. No additional worksheet or student assignment is included.
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt
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
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Symmetry In Nature
Young scholars investigate the symmetry that is found in nature. They view shapes and patterns in nature while looking at images. Students look for tessellations while obtaining photographs with a digital camera. The information is used...
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Area of Parallelograms
Seventh graders review the process of finding the area of a rectangle and complete a couple of examples as a class. They discuss what a parallelogram is and what the formula would be for finding its area. They listen to an explanation...
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Transformations
Tenth graders recognize, perform and derive rules for basic transformations including translation, reflection and rotation. They also consider compositions, a combination of two or more basic transformations. Students explore both...
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Students utilize their observational skills. They explore body movements and facial clues of their partner and imitate them. Students practice and perform in front of the class. They write a story with a mirror as a major feature.
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Transfromations
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders solve questions that involve rotations, reflections, and dilations. The one page worksheet contains ten multiple choice questions. Answers are not provided.
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Math/Technology: Symmetry
Fourth graders, using KidPix, use stamps and pencil tools to illustrate which pictures have symmetry. They add text boxes to explain their answers in math terms. Students practice skills in rotation, reflection, and translation on an...
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Piecing Together the Puzzle
Young scholars examine tikkun olam. In this religion instructional activity, students define the concept of tikkun olam and identify actions that they can do to help make the "perfect world." Young scholars share ideas and post their...
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Lots of Squares
Students work in pairs, to make a square on the geoboards with a rubber band (or draw one on the dot paper). It can be any size and in any location and share their answers with the class.
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Cracks on the Walls
Learners observe the cracks in school walls and pavements. In this geometry lesson, students explore the factors to be considered before building a structure. They complete a graphing and calculation worksheet after the lesson.
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A Geometry Worksheet - Similar Triangles
In this similar triangles learning exercise, 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...
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Two-Step Linear Equations
In this two-step linear equations worksheet, 7th graders solve 15 various problems that include linear equations with more than one-step. First, they need to get the variable, x, alone by subtracting/adding the whole number on the same...
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The Delta Flier
Students make calculations in order to construct a kite in the shape of an isosceles right triangle. In this kite lesson students calculate altitude of their flying kites using a formula.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Geometry: Translations and Reflections
Students will be in groups and plot given points. From the given points the students will plot the appropriate reflection or translation.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Translations and Reflections of Trigonometric Graphs
Twelve problems offer practice working with the translations and reflections of trigonometric graphs. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Comparing and Explaining Transformations
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Translation, Rotations, and Reflections
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Translate, rotate, and reflect figures using coordinate notation and graphing in the coordinate plane.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Comparing and Explaining Transformations
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...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf, G Co, Trigonometric Identities and Rigid Motions
The purpose of this task is to apply translations and reflections to the graphs of the functions f(x)=cos x and g(x)=sin x in order to derive some trigonometric identities. There are also rotations 180 degrees about points on the x-axis...
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Symmetry Groups and Wallpapers
This lesson focuses on wallpaper groups. While there are infinitely many possible patterns, they all have one of just 17 different symmetry groups. These are called the Wallpaper Groups. Every wallpaper group is defined by a combination...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Graphing Dilations, Reflections, and Translations
Given a coordinate plane, the student will graph dilations, reflections, and translations, and use those graphs to solve problems.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Dueling Pinwheels (Geometer's Sketchpad)
An introductory look at the interactive Geometer's Sketchpad in terms of using it to explore rotations, translations, and reflections. Only a beginner's amount of skill with the program is needed. Exploration questions are given for the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Connecting Translations, Reflection, and Rotations
In this activity, students will investigate the relationship among the three types of rigid transformations - translations, rotations, and reflections.