Investigate the Rigid Motions of Reflection, Rotation, Translation, and Dilation

In this transformations and translations in Geometry worksheet, learners use geometric shapes and grids to translate six transformations in each of two activities.

Young geometers investigate two-dimensional figures using coordinate grids. They identify polygons and draw examples of their reflection, rotation, and translation on a coordinate grid. And they complete a worksheet practicing examples...

An instructive lesson provides the basics on how to perform rotations on the coordinate plane. The handout also covers rotating about a point other than the origin and how to perform a series of transformations. 

Have your geometers take a huge leap forward in their understanding of rigid motion transformations. Given a pre-image and a final image, learners must precisely describe the transformation that moves from the first image to the next....

In this rigid transformation worksheet, students follow directions to translate, reflect or rotate a figure in a coordinate plane. Examples and explanations are provided at the beginning of the document. This two-page worksheet contains...

Uncover the properties of translations through this exploratory lesson. Learners apply vectors to describe and verify transformations in the second installment of a series of 18. It provides multiple opportunities to practice this...

Have classes been going in circles as they study rotations! Math scholars begin with an exploration of rotations using patty paper. As they progress through the lesson, they examine compositions of reflections and their resulting image....

Use a translation to create a three-dimensional drawing. Scholars first use patty paper to draw translations and then learn how to apply vectors to locate a translation. They use their understanding of the vector translation to draw...

Very simply, geometers examine a pair of rectangles on graph paper and find a translation and rotation to demonstrate their congruence. A couple of questions follow to stimulate critical thinking about other possibilities.

The nice thing about technology is that it helps us visualize things better than just on paper. The video shows the dilation of a rectangle among the four different quadrants and how the coordinates change each move.