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Solar Cooking
Students experiment with a virtual solar cooker to discover the relationship between reflection, transmission, and absorption. In this solar cooking lesson students apply what they learn to construct their own solar cooker.
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Transformations Using Matrices
In this transformations learning exercise, 10th graders solve and complete 16 different types of problems. First, they graph the image of the figure using the transformation given. Then, students find the coordinates of the vertices of...
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Reflection, Translation, Rotation
In this reflection, translation and rotation worksheet, students read instructions, re-drawing a letter to the given specifications. Answers are included on page 2.
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Geometric Transformations
In this geometric transformations worksheet, 4th graders choose how three shapes have been transformed, either reflected, rotated or translated.
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Puzzle Time: Counter Reflection
In this counters worksheet, students make one shape with counters into its reflection with only moving 3 out of 10 counters. Students make 1 reflection.
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Shape and Space: Symmetry
Students discuss and work with lines of symmetry. In this symmetry lesson, students start with a warm up activity on metric conversion. They talk about the definition of symmetry and reflection before completing a worksheet.
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Transformations
Young scholars draw on graph paper. In this geometry lesson plan, students review types of triangles and quadrilaterals. Young scholars investigate geometric transformations, including translation, rotation and reflection. Students...
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Reflections over Two Lines & Dilations
Learners create reflections over two lines. In this reflections worksheet, students compare and contrast reflections over parallel and intersecting lines. They dilate figures and investigate the effect of the dilation using measurement...
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Final Steps - From Cinderella Project
Students culminate a service project associated with a Cinderella study. In this service project lesson plan, students write letters to thank donors and sponsoring organizations for their donations of shoes. They practice their...
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Solar Hot Dog Cooker
Students create a solar hot dog cooker. In this solar energy activity, students use various materials such as tin foil and cardboard to build a hot dog cooker. Students cook their own hot dogs.
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Fish Tank Optics- Learning How Light Travels
Learners explore light waves, refraction, and reflection. In this light lesson plan, students observe how light moves by using a flashlight. Learners observe refraction and reflection.
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Light
Students examine how light waves travel. In this properties of light instructional activity, students observe how light travels in water, how light is reflected and refracted, and how light is pure energy.
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How We See Things
In this science worksheet, students draw arrows, which represent light, on 2 pictures to show how the boy can see the book and the girl can see the picture. They draw arrows showing how light reflects off of mirrors so that the children...
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Motions In Geometry
In this motions in geometry worksheet, students draw translations, rotations, and reflections. This three-page worksheet contains examples, instructions, and 6 problems. The last page contains answers.
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Waves Worksheet
In this light waves activity, middle schoolers complete 7 short answer questions where they analyze and record findings about the properties of light waves.
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Time and Volume
In this time and volume worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 various types of problems. First, they determine the type of transformation applied in the first box. Then, students draw a 90 degree clockwise rotation of the given...
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Geometric Figures
In this geometric figures worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include measurement. First, they draw a reflection of a given shape over a line. Then, students draw a rotation of a different shape. They...
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Light and Vision
In this light and vision worksheet, students will review the characteristics of light including how the eyes use light to see. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank, 8 true or false, 9 multiple choice, and 1 short answer question.
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Triangles
In this triangles activity, 10th graders solve and graph 8 different problems that include various transformations. First, they write a rule for the composition of a dilation of a scale factor. Then, students determine whether a graphed...
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Reflection in a Point
In this reflection of point worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems related to various points reflection. First, they determine the image at the point given under a point of reflection. Then, students determine if an image...
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Quiz: Reflection in a Point
In this reflection worksheet, students read short statements about reflecting a point or an image over the x-axis in a coordinate plane. They identify the location of the given coordinates and determine if the statement is true or...
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Quiz: Transformation - Identify Line Reflection
For this transformation worksheet students compare given pairs of pictures and identify those that are examples of a reflection. This one-page worksheet contains ten pictures.
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Wave Behavior
In this wave behavior worksheet, students will read about how sound waves are formed and how air and water temperature affects sound waves travel. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions based on the information they read.
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Mirror Writing
In this mirror writing worksheet, students follow the directions to decide which alphabet letters are symmetrical. Students use a mirror and a white light as they work in partners to trace simple shapes.