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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Wrapping Paper Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students explore slides, flips, and turns in this interactive web lesson.
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Handout
FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy Conversions: Potential to Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how gravitational potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, then finally into low-grade thermal energy.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Sidewalk Capers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The objective of this lesson plan is for students to, "explore spatial relationships by determining the area of various shapes and creating tessellation patterns." Using a variety of hands-on activities, students apply concepts of...
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Website
Curated OER

Nova Scotia Dept. Of Education: Mathematics 8: Geometry Diagrams

For Teachers 8th Standards
A collection of diagrams that complement Mathematics 8, a Grade 8 Math text, have been posted here. The diagrams were created using The Geometer's Sketchpad,
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Activity
Other

Daniel W. Van Arsdale:homogeneous Transformation Matrices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains explanations and examples of homogeneous transformation matrices.
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Website
Other

P.u.e.m.a.c.: Galeria De Transformaciones

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enjoy constructions created by rotations, reflections and translations. [Requires Java.]
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Activity
J Coffman

Joseph Coffman's Lecture Notes: Vertical & Horizontal Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about translations. Algebra topics discussed are parent functions, horizontal translations, vertical translations, and diagonal translations. The learning exercise consists of examples and an assessment about types of...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Geometry: Transformations

For Students 5th - 6th
Watch the step by step process of transformations then test your knowledge.
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Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Rep Tile

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students use shapes to explore transformations and tessellations with this interactive white board activity.
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Rubric
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students show comprehension of advanced mathematics skills in Geometry. The questions check understanding on transformational geometry. Topics include translations, symmetry, and rotations.
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Translate Graphs Horizontally

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the concept of translating graphs by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Dilate Graphs Vertically

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides students practice with the concept of dilation. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Dilate Graphs Horizontally

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides students practice with the concept of dilations, Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Rotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge of rotation of shapes and determing the center.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Rotation About Any Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge of rotation of an object and determine the center.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Anne Sexton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Academy of American Poets offers a biography of Anne Sexton, American poet. Includes a picture of her and links to people who influenced her.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Transtar: Reflections, Rotations, Dilations and Translations

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
For this geometry game, students must guide Transtar, an alien spaceship, across space by applying transformations to it. At the same time, there are dangers to avoid and the number of moves and tries are limited.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Rigid Transformations

For Students 6th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify different types of transformations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Rigid Transformations

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize transformations as the movement of a figure in a plane
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Intro to Rotations

For Students 8th
Explains how to perform a rotation using an interactive tool and presents problems to try. Includes a video example. [1:25] Hints are available for the problems.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Graphing Dilations, Reflections, and Translations

For Students 8th Standards
Given a coordinate plane, the student will graph dilations, reflections, and translations, and use those graphs to solve problems.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Transformations of Square Root and Rational Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a square root function or a rational function, the student will determine the effect on the graph when f(x) is replaced by af(x), f(x) + d, f(bx), and f(x - c) for specific positive and negative values.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Properties of Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given examples of mathematics in the real world, the student will use properties of transformations and their composites to describe and perform transformations of figures in a plane.
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Activity
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Common Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students investigate how to graph a wide variety of equations and functions. Topics explored are lines, rational functions, parabolas, ellipses, and transformations. Class notes, definitions, and examples with detailed solutions are...