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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Symmetry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars use a software program to create artwork and to manipulate images to study mirror and rotational symmetry. They take pictures of items in their environment in which they identify symmetry.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Symmetry Worksheet

For Students 7th - 10th
This resource offers a series of hands-on activities in which learners sketch and construct symmetrical origami, paper dolls, snowflakes, and polyhedra while adhering to specific requirements. These activities ask class members to...
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 1: Transformations and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
No need to change anything about the resource. The first of eight modules in the MVP Geometry unit focuses on transformations in the coordinate plane. It connects translations, rotations, and reflections to congruence, symmetry, and...
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Printables
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 5 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 6)

For Students 6th Standards
Acute angle, line of symmetry, and vertex are a few terms you'll find in a set of 90 flashcards designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Included in the set are two types of cards; a word card printed in bold font, and a definition card...
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Printables
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 8 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)

For Students 5th Standards
Reinforce math vocabulary with a set of flash cards. With a total of forty-eight cards, each are printed in bold font, and include definition cards that offer a labeled example. Terms include absolute value, ordered pair, variable and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Symmetry of Road Signs

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students identify symmetry in road signs. In this geometry instructional activity, students explore objects in the real world for symmetry. They perform translation, rotation and reflection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tessellations: Geometry and Symmetry

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the concept of tessellations. In this tessellations lesson, students use an applet to construct tessellations. Young scholars use regular polygons to construct tessellations. Students find patterns and symmetry in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Symmetry: Practice

For Students 6th - 7th
In this symmetry worksheet, students trace the figures, turn them, and then write yes or no to tell if it has rotational symmetry. Students tell how many degrees they turned it to determine the symmetry. Students repeat the process for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Symmetry Worksheet IV

For Students 8th - 10th
Challenge your class to identify, label, and draw a wide range of symmetries with this activity. In addition, learners name symmetrical shapes and compare them to alphabet letters. This activity asks class members to work with lines of...
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Transformations and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Flip, turn, and slide about the coordinate plane. Pupils define the rigid motions and experiment with them before determining the relationships of the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. The sixth unit in a nine-part series...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Taking a Spin

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It does not divide into 360 evenly, so it cannot work. The resource extends pupils' thinking about rotational symmetry. By asking for a figure with a rotational symmetry of a seemingly impossible angle, the activity requires learners to...
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Unit Plan
Radford University

Google Earth Trip

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A trip around the world sounds nice, but for now we'll just have to make do with Google Earth. Pupils use pictures of landmarks to apply geometry concepts. They determine whether each building has bilateral or rotational symmetry, search...
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Assessment
Math Learning Center

Fifth Grade Assessments and Scoring Checklists, Common Core State Standards

For Teachers 5th Standards
Check for understanding with a set of math assessments. Fifth graders answer questions involving multiplication and division, median and mode, rotational symmetry, and graphing.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Symmetry in Nature

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this symmetry instructional activity, students put organisms into categories of having line symmetry or rotational symmetry and answer questions about them. Students put 8 organisms into the chart and answer 3 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rotation Symmetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate the concept of symmetry by using various examples and performing independent practice with scaffolding provided by the teacher. They review reflection symmetry and cover the new rotation symmetry using manipuatives.
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Printables
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)

For Students 5th Standards
Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...
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Lesson Plan
Bowland

DanceStar

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Express dance moves mathematically. Scholars dissect dance routines and express them using mathematical notation, such as translations and rotations. They use video clips to investigate seven different dance genres.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rotational Symmetry

For Students 4th - 5th
In this symmetry learning exercise, students analyze 4 pictures. Students determine if each picture has rotational symmetry and mark "yes" or "no". There is no definition for this term and no example.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating and Destroying Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the types of symmetry that appear in different basketball symbols. They point out changes that rotate symmetry from one type to another.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spiral Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Taking the notion of symmetry to the next level, this looks at combining rotation and translation symmetry to build spiral symmetry in three dimensions. Using the Zome modeling system and an instructor’s guidance, geometers try to build...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Caley Table for the Symmetries of a Square

For Students 8th - 11th
Middle and high schoolers complete Caley's table to indicate rotating a square 90, 180, and 270 degrees. They also reflect a square across the vertical and horizontal line. This one-page worksheet contains eight movements.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Rotational Symmetry of Polygons and Other Figures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore geometry by participating in a shape rotation experiment. In this symmetry lesson plan, students identify the term symmetry and a list of other geometry vocabulary. Learners analyze shapes as they are turned 90 degrees...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rotational Symmetry

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students examine the shapes given in two dimensions. They determine which ones are symmetrical to each other.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Even and Odd Functions and Function Symmetry: Even and Odd Functions (Symmetry)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Even money states that the resource is good to use. Scholars manipulate an interactive to adjust the portion of a graph to the left of the y-axis. The interactive allows them to switch between even and odd modes that show the right side...