Math Slice
Math Slice: Geometry Slice Special Test
A succinct test for assessing geometry concepts. Assessment is scored online giving immediate feedback. An excellent assessment tool.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: Transformation Using Matrices
Explains how simple polygons translate into matrices and how to use 2x2 matrices to represent transformations in a plane. Includes video demonstrating an example where a vector must be rotated 90 degrees using matrices. [4:18]
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Transmographer
Shodor Education Foundation provides an applet that "allows the user to explore the world of transformations, reflections, and rotations. It allows the user to translate triangles, squares, and parallelograms on both the x and y-axes."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Translations of Geometric Figures: Lesson 1
This lesson will present how to translate a geometric figure on a coordinate plane, and will discuss how the properties of the figure are affected. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Translations of Geometric Figures."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Translations of Geometric Figures: Lesson 3
This lesson will present how to translate a geometric figure on a coordinate plane, and will discuss how the properties of the figure are affected. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Translations of Geometric Figures."
Other
Xah Lee: Some Theorems on Rotation and Translation
This site is for the purpose of using proofs for geometry. It helps by giving some useful theorems.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Transtar: Reflections, Rotations, Dilations and Translations
For this geometry game, students must guide Transtar, an alien spaceship, across space by applying transformations to it. At the same time, there are dangers to avoid and the number of moves and tries are limited.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Traveling Shapes Motion Geometry
In this activity, students describe how to move a shape from one place to another in a plane. They learn about translations, rotations, and line reflections. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Translations in the Coordinate Plane
It is important for students to know what happens to the coordinates of points when they are translated in the coordinate plane. This activity enables students to use Cabri Jr. to develop this understanding.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Reflections, Rotations, and Translations
This task uses GeoGebra software, which can be freely downloaded, to explore what happens to the line segments and angles of a triangle when it is reflected, rotated, and translated. Includes printable task sheet for students and a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Transformation Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify and describe transformations in the coordinate plane.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Translations on the Coordinate Plane
Use the activity center in TI-Navigator to discover a generalization for translating ordered pairs in a coordinate plane.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Rigid Transformations
This lesson focuses on rigid transformations, a specific set of rules that convert one geometric figure into another one. There are many different types of transformations, like reflections or rotations. It provides several practice...
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Geometry 8.g.3 Worksheets: Coordinate Plane
Worksheets provide practice with finding the area or circumference of a circle and answer keys are provided. You can even create your own worksheet or flashcards.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Cemc: Geometry and Spatial Sense: Transformations [Pdf]
Accompanied by links to online activities and demonstrations, students learn about the different types of transformations on a coordinate grid through this lesson plan. The lesson is designed to match the Grade 7 Ontario curriculum, with...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Geometry City
This lesson plan reviews transformations in the coordinate plane while mimicking real-world planning skills. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extention as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
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,...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Transformations
Students show comprehension of advanced mathematics skills in Geometry. The questions check understanding on transformational geometry. Topics include translations, symmetry, and rotations.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: Common Types of Transformation
Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to the four common types of transformation. [1:00]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Composition of Transformations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students explore composite transformations. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Transformations in Geometry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was designed to introduce fourth grade students to transformations in geometry. It includes translations, reflections, and rotations.
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...
Other
Ode: Seventh Grade Achievement Test (Practice Test) [Pdf]
Half-length practice test for the third grade OAT (Ohio Achievement Test). The test includes 17 multiple-choice and 4 open-response questions dealing with topics such as number sense (order of operations, ratios), measurement (metric...
Other
New York State Education Department: Eighth Grade Math, Book Three (2006) [Pdf]
Part three of three; The March 2006 8th grade Math test from the State of New York. The test is 12 open-response questions dealing with topics such as algebra (solve for a variable, write function rules), geometry (translations, parallel...