Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Making Conjectures About Congruence Transformations
Given geometric figures on the coordinate plane, the student will apply the definition of congruence, in terms of rigid transformations, to identify congruent figures. The student will also identify and distinguish between reflectional...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Navajo Burntwater Designs
Simple instructional activity designed to help students learn the geometric concepts of translation, reflection, and symmetry by creating Navajo weaving patterns. Includes templates and instructions and is available in English and...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Using Symmetry to Create a Community Quilt
This site provides a hands-on lesson plan to make a quilt using symmetry.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Transformations
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at real world examples of transformations found throughout West Edmonton Mall. The accompanying interactive component asks students to predict transformations through looking at...
Curated OER
Ic Teachers: Line or Reflective Symmetry
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.
Curated OER
Ic Teachers: Line or Reflective Symmetry
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Rotations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognizing and identifying rotation transformations and rotational symmetry
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Double Your Design
Students learn to use pattern blocks to investigate symmetry by building a design, making its mirror image, and using the calculator to determine the value of both the design made and its reflection.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Why Does Asa Work?
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.
Other
Earth Measure: Native American Geometry Designs: Mathematical Landscaping
If you want to plant a class garden, this is a great resource for combining geometry, Native American studies, and rocks.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Putt Putt Golf in the Math Classroom
Putt-Putt golf can be a great tool in helping students understand angles and their reflections. Here a teacher demonstrates the "Course," set up in his classroom to assist in explaining to students how to use geometry and angles in...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Isometries and Patterns
Shows the different kinds of isometries and patterns, and gives examples of each kind. Includes definitions, terminology, examples, and problems.
Other
The Disgustoscope
This is a resource to teach optics, while building a modified kaleidoscope that will provide 3-dimensional images.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Transformations: Revisiting Congruence
This site presents information on the three basic transformations of figures in a plane: Reflections, Rotations, and Translations.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Rigid Transformations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify different types of transformations.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformation Tease
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.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Reflections
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of reflections. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan introduces a variety of motion geometry concepts such as translations, reflections, and rotations. Lots of interactive support for students.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Properties of Trigonometric Functions
The goal of this task is to use the unit circle and rigid transformations in order to establish some fundamental trigonometric function identities. Aligns with F-TF.A.2 and F-TF.A.4.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shapely Tiling
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.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Visit Tessellation Town on Tile Island!
Go to Tessellation Town on Tile Island and create a variety of tessellations.