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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Transformations: Revisiting Congruence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents information on the three basic transformations of figures in a plane: Reflections, Rotations, and Translations.
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Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Polyominoes Fun With Dominoes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For students who have ever played dominoes and Tetris, polyominoes will strike them as a great deal of fun. Teachers will see the educational benefits of working with similar and congruent shapes and rotating them in a plane. Exploration...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students show comprehension of advanced mathematics skills in Geometry. The questions check understanding on transformational geometry. Topics include translations, symmetry, and rotations.
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Handout
Other

Xah Lee: Some Theorems on Rotation and Translation

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
This site is for the purpose of using proofs for geometry. It helps by giving some useful theorems.
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Graphic
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformation Tease

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Follow the directions at this one page website. You will get lots of practice plotting points on the coordinate grid and experience with transformational geometry.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Cartesian Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This one page website lets you practice plotting points on the coordinate grid. See if you can find the missing coordinates to complete the shapes. When you are finished the solutions are only a click away.
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Other

Hstry: Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A unique geometry project that asks students to complete a transformation using a picture. Project includes instructions, examples, and quiz questions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Rigid Transformations

For Students 6th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify different types of transformations.
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Nature, the Golden Ratio, and Fibonacci, Too

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at how spirals form in nature when cells reproduce in a flower, for example. An interactive lets students try entering different values to see if they can make a spiral pattern with no gaps. The correct figure would be the Golden...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Tessellating Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th
The challenge at this one page website, involves tessellation and triangle. Should you accept this challenge, you will find helpful teacher notes and the solution available right at the website.
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Curated OER

Diamond

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives information on the different kinds of symmetry operations, including mirror planes, rotational axes, and rotoinversion axes.
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Curated OER

Egg on Table

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive page offering a view of a rotating egg, information on rotational symmetry, and definitions of related topics.
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Curated OER

Egg With Needle

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive page offering a view of a rotating egg, information on rotational symmetry, and definitions of related topics.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Sliced Egg

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive page offering a view of a rotating egg, information on rotational symmetry, and definitions of related topics.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Tesselations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a visual instruction of tessellations. It displays a variety of tessellations throughout the world and in different cultures.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Center of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a lab activity in which young scholars determine the location of the center of mass of an irregularly shaped object. Observations are related to the balancing point of the...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Center of Gravity Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Illinois Institute of Technologysite provides a lab activity in which students find the center of gravity of a box which has nonuniform weight distribution. Complete with directions and discussion questions; answers provided.
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shapely Tiling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this one page interactive website expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

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