CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Geometric Translations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students about translations and vectors and how to perform translation rules. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Transformations on the Graphing Calculator
Investigate transformations through use of a graphing calculator and then using graph paper. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Rotation of Geometric Shapes
Use this applet to choose a shape to rotate around the origin. This could be used to demonstrate what a rotation is, or students could use it to guess what a certain degree rotation will look like.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Connecting Translations, Reflection, and Rotations
In this activity, students will investigate the relationship among the three types of rigid transformations - translations, rotations, and reflections.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Intuitive Notion of Line Symmetry and Plane Symmetry
Definitions are provided line of symmetry, line symmetry, and plane symmetry, and several nice examples are provided that illustrate these definitions.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Transformations: Rotation
Increase students' skills and knowledge of rotation and transformation at this test prep site. Includes lessons pages, practice questions with interactive answers, and a teacher resource page.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Shuffling Cards to Practice Transformations
This Regents Prep site offers an interesting classroom lesson for transformations on a coordinate plane using flash cards.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: An Intuitive Notion of Dilation
This site offers a very basic discussion of dilations. It explains what a scaling factor is and provides illustrations.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Translations
Explains, with examples, what a translation is. Includes tutorials and practice activities.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Similar Figures
Find a clear explanation of similar figures. Discusses how they can be transformed through a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations. Explanations are supported with illustrated examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Similarity and Transformations
In this exercise, students determine whether two polygons are similar. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Translate Points
In this exercise, students practice performing translations on a coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Rotate Points
In this exercise, students practice performing rotations on a coodinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reflect Points
In this exercise, students practice performing reflections on a coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Seven Circles Ii
In this task, seven pennies are placed in a circle so that they are all touching one in the center and their neighbors. Students are asked to find as many rigid motions of the plane as they can which are symmetries of this configuration...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Fixed Points of Rigid Motions
A rigid motion of the plane is a map of the plane to itself which preserves distances between points. The purpose of this task is to use fixed points as a tool for studying and classifying rigid motions of the plane, i.e., translations,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Reflections and Equilateral Triangles
Given an equilateral triangle, students are asked to explore its symmetries using rigid transformations of the plane. Aligns with G-CO.B.
Other
Desmos: Geometry Scavenger Hunt
Use the Desmos transformation tools (link at top of page) to complete this scavenger hunt. There are three levels to choose from and solutions are included.
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identify and Count the Lines of Symmetry in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and take an assessment on identifying and counting lines of symmetry in various shapes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Reflections
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reflect a figure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Types of Transformations Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Transformations move and modify geometric shapes. There are several types of transformations that all transform figures in different ways. These transformations can...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Geometric Translations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students learn how to translate a figure. They examine guided notes, review examples, watch instructional videos, and try practice problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Composition of Transformations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to compose transformations and how to represent the composition of transformations as a rule. Students examine guided notes, review...