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Flips, Sides and Turns: Exploring Transformations

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Students use an online dictionaries to define key geometric terms. They explore several websites to help them differentiate the terms reflections, translations and rotations as they apply to geometry and then complete an assessment worksheet.

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reflections, translations, rotations

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reflections, rotations, translations, math
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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