Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Patterns and Symmetry
Teachers, here's a great resource for worksheets and presentations about symmetry. Includes PowerPoint and smartboard presentations.
Other
Symmetry Around the World
This resource provides information about symmetry, and everywhere it can be found.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Upside Down (Pdf)
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....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Straight Lines and Curves in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to count the number of straight lines and curves in a given 2D figure. The video is followed by practice problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Straight Lines and Curves in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on counting lines and curves in various two dimensional shapes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Vertices and Sides in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice counting sides and vertices in various two dimensional shapes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Number of Basic 2 D Shapes in a Set of Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on identifying various 2D shapes in a set of figures.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Number of Basic 2 D Shapes in a Composite Figure
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on counting basic two dimensional shapes in a composite figure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Visually Evaluating Parallel Lines Cut by a Traversal
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems about parallel lines cut by a transversal.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Different 2 D Shapes Within Complex Composite Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on counting two dimensional shapes in a complex composite figure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Different 2 D Shapes Within Simple Composite Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to dientify various two dimensional shapes within a composite figure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Number of Perpendicular Lines
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to count perpendicular lines in a drawing.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether a Given Shape Can Be Tessellated
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video to determine if a two dimensional shape can be tessellated and then take a quick assessment to test their skills.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether Given Shapes Are Rotationally Symmetrical
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Straight Lines in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on determining if there are straight lines in various two dimensional shapes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether Given Shapes Are Rotationally Symmetrical
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether Given Shapes Are Rotationally Symmetrical
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether Various Shapes Have Lines of Symmetry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to state whether the given 2D shapes have line symmetry. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:14] and a set...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Lines of Symmetry in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to identify where a line of symmetry should be and whether a 2D shape has a line of symmetry. Includes video...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Quilts
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Line Symmetry
This site from The Math Forum is a great site if you are looking for activities to engage your students in learning about line symmetry. Peruse this collection of activities for one or two or four that would be right for your students....
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Lines of Symmetry of Plane Shapes
Looks at the lines of symmetry in different types of polygons. Includes ten practice questions. Each question is accompanied by an explanation of the answer.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Intuitive Symmetry: Point, Line, Plane, Rotational
Investigate the concept of symmetry at this test prep site. See detailed definitions and picture examples, answer the questions in the interactive practice pages, and do the classroom activity where learners use a digital camera to...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Intuitive Notion of Point Symmetry
This intuitive explanation shows how to determine if an object has point symmetry. The site offers examples of objects with point symmetry.