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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Ask Hannah

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
This web lesson teaches students about symmetry in two-dimensional shapes.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Line Symmetry

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Geometry lesson on line symmetry with practice exercises.
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The Math League

The Math League: Symmetric Figure

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This tutorial features several examples of symmetric figures to explain how the line of symmetry works.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Dojo: Shape & Space: 3 D Shapes and Symmetry

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Meet Morisu in the dojo. Help him with symmetrical objects and shapes!
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Corta en Dos

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Try to find the line of symmetry of these 8 figures. If you find it the two figures should coincide.
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Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Line Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a description of line symmetry along with a visual representation. There are links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point involving line symmetry...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: A Shard or Two

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Archaeologists have just uncovered an ancient plate. They need your help to determine the original size of the plate. Try this challenge where you use concepts of symmetry and estimation to uncover the solution. An activity from the NCTM...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mapping a Leaf

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will identify and record ordered pairs from a coordinate plane. They will examine symmetry about the axes, reflections, and symmetry in nature. They understand geometric concepts like area and perimeter, and...
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Curated OER

Ic Teachers: Line or Reflective Symmetry

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website will provide you with a quick review of line or reflective symmetry. It also has questions and answers to help you understand line/reflective symmetry.
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Curated OER

Ic Teachers: Line or Reflective Symmetry

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website will provide you with a quick review of line or reflective symmetry. It also has questions and answers to help you understand line/reflective symmetry.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Why Does Asa Work?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In triangles ABC and ABD, we are given that angle BAC is congruent to angle BAD and angle ABC is congruent to angle ABD. Show that the reflection of the plane about line AB maps triangle ABD to triangle ABC. Aligns with G-CO.B.8.
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Other

Nearpod: Reflections Using Coordinates

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this lesson on reflections using coordinates, 8th graders explore reflections of line segments using the coordinate plane.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Symmetry Surprise

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A fun fingerpaint activity that teaches about the concept of symmetry.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Turn About's Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that looks at light and symmetry through the use of mirrors. Students will enjoy the nine mirror challenges, along with the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will...
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Rotating Parabolas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, shows how to derive the equation of a parabola for situations when the line of symmetry is not || to one of the axes.
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California State University

Ca State University, San Bernadino: Graphing Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of math graphing techniques includes horizontal and vertical shifts, stretching, lines of symmetry, even and odd functions, and absolute value functions.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Using Symmetry to Create a Community Quilt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a hands-on lesson plan to make a quilt using symmetry.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Fair Play [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concept of measurement.
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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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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Graphing Quadratic Functions: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The most basic quadratic is y = x2. The general technique for graphing quadratics is the same as for graphing linear equations. The quadratics graph as curvy lines (called "parabolas"), rather than the straight lines generated by linear...
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Other

Earth Measure: Native American Geometry Designs: Mathematical Landscaping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
If you want to plant a class garden, this is a great resource for combining geometry, Native American studies, and rocks.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Reflections

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students about reflections and how to find the coordinates of a reflected figure.
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Other

Georgia Perimeter College: Parabolas

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an examination of parabolas, both vertical and horizontal, and parabolic functions. It includes six examples and a chart showing how changes in the equation coincide with changes in the graph.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify Symmetrical Figures

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice identifying symmetrical shapes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

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