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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visual Patterns in Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners explore tessellations as well as various types of polygon. Students examine tessellating patterns in the world around them. Learners examine tessellations by creating their own tessellations and completing the included worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Translations, Reflections, and Rotations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation. They practice translating, reflecting, and rotating two-dimensional objects on the coordinate plane. students use computers to learn about the three...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slope Right Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use triangles to find the length and slope of each side. After connecting the vertices, they add points based on their specific instructions. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractals

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore the concept of fractals. In this fractal lesson plan, students use applets to explore Koch's Snowflake, Sierpinski's Triangle, and other fractals. Pupils develop these concepts through exploration and teacher guided...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spice Up the Basal

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study English reading and writing skills as they participate in exciting interdisciplinary hands-on activities using a basal reading series.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pattern Using Unit Cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the pattern of the unit cell. In this science lesson, students color the unit cells on a worksheet and create a pattern using unit cells.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Paper Bridges

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners construct a bridge that can hold 100 pennies. In this math lesson, students evaluate the strength of their bridges. They predict how much weight a bridge can hold based on its design.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Odd Thing Out

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to the math problem provided and work in groups to solve. They think about the objects and write down their information in a table. Class construct the table on a large piece of paper that can be put on the wall after the...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Geometry: Lines of Symmetry

For Students 6th - 7th
Explore lines of symmtery with this interactive lesson regarding lines of symmetry.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Lines of Symmetry

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understanding symmetry and identifying lines of symmetry
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identify and Count the Lines of Symmetry in Various Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[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.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Lines of Symmetry

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Distinguish between line symmetry and rotational symmetry
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Lines of Symmetry of Plane Shapes

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Looks at the lines of symmetry in different types of polygons. Includes ten practice questions. Each question is accompanied by an explanation of the answer.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Lines of Symmetry

For Students 6th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify line, bilateral, and rotational symmetry.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Lines of Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the lines of symmetry of the given shape.
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Study Guide
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Line Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an excellent way to learn about line symmetry. It gives samples of questions that you can answer and self-check.
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Website
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
This MathWorld tutorial provides detailed overviews of the concepts and theorems associated with geometry. Most of the Math World sites are extensive and some require higher math knowledge to understand, links to terms and topics are...
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Study Guide
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Intuitive Notion of Line Symmetry and Plane Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Definitions are provided line of symmetry, line symmetry, and plane symmetry, and several nice examples are provided that illustrate these definitions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Reflection Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to determine whether or not a shape has reflection symmetry and how to draw lines of symmetry.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Reflection Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find a figure's lines of symmetry.
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Symmetry

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Introduces the concept of symmetry by learning the definition, types, lines of symmetry, and point of symmetry. Check-out the solved examples for better understanding and try your hand at solving a few interactive questions at the end of...
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Activity
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Lines of Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with pattern recognition to find the lines of reflective symmetry.
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Learning Math: Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This presentation provides a tutorial on symmetry. In the tutorial, you will do the following: learn about geometric symmetry, explore line or reflection symmetry, explore rotation symmetry, and explore translation symmetry and frieze...
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Graphic
Other

Symmetry Around the World

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This resource provides information about symmetry, and everywhere it can be found.