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Math Quilts
Students examine geometric quilt patterns to identify how math may have been used to help slaves escape to freedom. They slide, flip and turn geometric shapes to create a map quilt.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 4: Transformation Station
Second graders manipulate triangles to discover the concepts of slides, flips and turns of a geometric shape.
Curated OER
Sample Spaces
In this sample spaces worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different word problems that include sample spaces in each. First, they toss a coin and roll a die listing the sample spaces for each. Then, students flip one coin and select a card...
Curated OER
My Spelling Words #90
In this spelling instructional activity, 3rd graders practice reading and writing each of the words listed. Then they alphabetize each of the words on the lines provided on the sheet.
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Flip, Turn or Slide?
In this flip, turn or slide worksheet, students determine which has been done to a set of 6 letters. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Transformations
In this transformations worksheet, 10th graders identify and complete 10 different problems that include various types of transformations. First, they label each figure with the correct term listed on the top. Students also identify and...
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Four Square Design
Students create a computerized design by flipping the same design pattern vertically and horizontally into 4 different squares.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 24: Read All About It!
Students listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Transformations
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at real world examples of transformations found throughout West Edmonton Mall. The accompanying interactive component asks students to predict transformations through looking at...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Ask Hannah
This web lesson teaches students about symmetry in two-dimensional shapes.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Transformations Exercises
Twenty-five problems cover the various transformational geometry topics in different settings. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Space
At the Food Market there are a lot of shapes. Help Afia find and name the shapes.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan introduces a variety of motion geometry concepts such as translations, reflections, and rotations. Lots of interactive support for students.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Reflection: Teacher Notes
Students use the coordinate plane to investigate how reflections affect geometric shapes. Can be used by the student, but is also a great lesson plan idea for teachers.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Wrapping Paper Patterns
Students explore slides, flips, and turns in this interactive web lesson.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Function Transformations
Generally, translation involves only moving the graph around. Squeezing or stretching a graph is more of a "transformation" of the graph. But these two topics are usually taught at the same time, and usually under the same name. Just be...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Tan Ii
The Chinese character mark for Tan II (pronounced she-tow-bah) is the second of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: 2 D Shapes
Students can use this interactive site to practice various geometric concepts such as rotations, reflections, translations, tesselations and geometric patterns.
Other
Mathmaster.org: Content Area Worksheets and Videos
A comprehensive collection of math, economics, history, and science worksheets and videos at your fingertips. Try flipping your classroom with ready-made tutorials on numerous subjects.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Puzzling Cube
See if you can figure out which symbols are on which cube face at this one page website. The solution is just a click away once you have your solution in mind.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Three Cubed
Use the shapes provided and figure out how they fit together to make a 3 X 3 cube at this one page website. The solution is readily available right at the website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformations on a Pegboard
This one page website can expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge. The solution is available to double check your answers.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: All in the Mind
You will have to use visualization to help you solve this challenge. At this one page website, you will be able to check your solution.