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Lesson Plan
Thinkport Education

Math by Design: Transformations/translations [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson plan aiding learners in the comprehension and practice of geometric transformations.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Transmographer 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Build your own polygon and transform it in the Cartesian coordinate system. Experiment with reflections across any line, rotations about any point, and translations in any direction.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 2.3 Geometry Software for Translations

For Students 9th - 10th
See how geometry software performs geometric translations.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 2.2 Translations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how a translation moves or slides an object a fixed distance in a given direction, as defined by a vector.
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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Translations

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to translations then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Transformations

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to transformations then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Transformations & Congruence

For Students 8th
In this lesson on transformations and congruence, 8th graders will investigate dilations, rotations, reflections, and translations on the coordinate plane and the figures that result from these transformations.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Translations Using Coordinates

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this instructional activity on translations, 8th graders will learn to identify translations on the coordiante plane and then create them from a pre-image.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Geometric Transformations: Translation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will learn how to identify, describe, graph, and write geometric translations.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Introduction to Geometric Transformations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students will learn how to describe and identify reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations.
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Definition of Congruent

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Definition of congruent. Choose the "here's more" link to see examples of a rotation, reflection and translation.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Transformations in Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was designed to introduce fourth grade students to transformations in geometry. It includes translations, reflections, and rotations.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Translation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn about how to translate a shape. An activity, example, and definition are included.
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Assessment
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: General "Transformation" Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a short discussion of transformations. The discussion has few pictures and expresses the transformations in terms of relative coordinates rather than pictures.
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Handout
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains the definitions for many geometric terms including transformations.
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Handout
Lingolex

Lingolex.com: Learn Spanish: Railway Vocabulary Vocabulario Sobre Trenes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a comprehensive look at the kind of terminology and phrasing that would be used when riding or bordering a train. These words and phrases are ideal for travel.