Flipped Math
Transformations
Transformations come in many forms. To start the informative resource, pupils first review the different types of transformations. Scholars work in more detail with translations by drawing the transformations and writing the algebraic...
Lincoln Public Schools
Cereal Box Project
Challenge your class with this fun and engaging engineering design project. The goal, to create a brand new cereal complete with a list of ingredients, a name and logo, and a box to hold it in. Starting with a survey to determine the...
Curated OER
Geometry Practice: Transformations, Isometries, and Tessellations
Five pages for geometry practice relating to symmetry provide mathematicians with exercises on transformations and symmetry, properties of isometries, compositions of transformations, tessellations with regular polygons, and other...
Curated OER
Basic Drafting Skills
Students demonstrate the proper use of tools found in basic drafting. Using proper terminology, students identify tools and create Isometric and Orthographic drawings. Students convert Orthographic drawings into Isometric drawings and...
Curated OER
EASY (AND CHEAP) CRYSTAL GROWING
Students grow salt crystals by making a saturated solution of table salt and let the solution sit around and evaporate.
Curated OER
Anne Frank: Movement - Isometric Exercises
Third graders review the main points in the novel, "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl". Using the text of their hiding, they explain the need for a healthy diet and movement for proper health. In groups, they practice different...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Shape Preserving Transformations
This is a site that discusses transformations and the processes.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Merlot Mathematics Portal: Symmetry and Tilings: An Exploration
A geometry lesson where students read about tilings and tessellations, answer some questions, then explore them using an online interactive. Afterwards, they share and apply their learning in discussion and by examining other tilings.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Celosias
In Spanish. Study isometric plane movements through real objects and observe such movements in scenes interactively.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Isometries and Patterns
Shows the different kinds of isometries and patterns, and gives examples of each kind. Includes definitions, terminology, examples, and problems.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Transformation
This site defines transformation and lists several different examples of transformations. Be sure to follow the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point involving...
Science U
Science U: Isometries: Rotation
This site from Science U gives good examples of rotational symmetry and some background information about them.
Science U
Science U: Isometries: Reflection
This site from Science U gives a good example of reflection of symmetry. It also gives some background information about reflection as well.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Symmetry and Translations
This University of Regina site gives some history and definitions about translations and symmetry.