Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Dilations
Oswego City School District provides a three link tutorial on dilations. By clicking on each of these links, you will find the definition of a dilation, examples of dilations, and a quiz to test your skills.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Dilation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students learn to dilate a figure. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice problems.
PBS
Pbs: Human Tree: Dilations
Watch as the National Museum of Mathematics uses an image of a visitor to create a "Human Tree" using dilations. This video focuses on how similar figures can create dilations and how exponents can be used in an equation to express the...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Dilations
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of dilations.
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.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Dilating a Line
In this task, students investigate a dilation of a line segment and how the length of the dilation relates to the scale factor. Aligns with G-SRT.A.1.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Dilations in the Plane (Transformations)
In this activity, students will explore the properties of dilations and the relationships between the original and image figures.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transformations, Rotations, Dilations 1
This StudyCards stack tests students' understanding of translation, transformation, symmetry, dilation, and rotation of a point to form images. Teachers require TI StudyCards Creator Software and students will need the StudyCardApp on...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Dilations and Distances
The goal of this task is to study the impact of dilations on distances between points. Aligns with G-CO.A.2.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Wing Tabs Save Fuel
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, 'Wing tabs save fuel', ratios and proportions will be used to explore the concept of similarity between a drawing/model and the actual dimensions. The effects of dilation (size change) on an image and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Online: Geometry: Dilation Quiz
This site offers an online multiple choice quiz on dilation. The site offers a link to a hint per question along with a the correct responses though the grading of the quiz.
University of Virginia
University Virginia/time Dilation: A Worked Example
Here's a solved problem in time dilation. It's still not easy to follow, but it's doable. The math is not difficult, but the mathematical thinking is demanding.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Similarity
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in similarity.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Scaling a Triangle in the Coordinate Plane
The goal of this task is to apply dilations to a triangle in the coordinate plane. Students will need to find the coordinates of a point which cuts a given segment into one third and into two thirds. The two dilated triangles share a...
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.
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...
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]
Other
Nearpod: Transformations on Coordinate Planes
In this instructional activity on transformations on coordinate planes, 8th graders explore dilation, translation, reflection, and rotation of shapes within a coordinate plane.
Other
Nearpod: Transformations & Congruence
In this lesson on transformations and congruence, 8th graders will investigate dilations, rotations, reflections, and translations on the coordinate plane and the figures that result from these transformations.
Other
Nearpod: Introduction to Geometric Transformations
In this lesson, learners will learn how to describe and identify reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Transformations
Brush up on your math skills relating to transformations then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Why Are Circles Similar?
[Free Registration/Login Required] A comprehensive lesson plan for teaching how to prove that all circles are similar by using three types of transformations.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Symmetry and Translations
This University of Regina site gives some history and definitions about translations and symmetry.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Cemc: Geometry and Spatial Sense: Transformations [Pdf]
Accompanied by links to online activities and demonstrations, middle schoolers 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...