Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Scaling Items in a Scene
In this activity, students will arranging items with scaling. The items that just require translation are already in place. Now you can add items that require translation and scaling. Ignore any item that requires rotation. Again, once...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transforming Tangrams
The student will use the transformations - rotation, reflection, translation - to create common shapes from tangram pattern blocks
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Similar Figures
Find a clear explanation of similar figures. Discusses how they can be transformed through a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations. Explanations are supported with illustrated examples.
Other
Center for Technology and Teacher Education:exploring and Creating Tessellations
This site is a Geometer's Sketch Pad lesson plan where students explore tessellations through reflections, rotations, and translations.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: Transformation Using Matrices
Explains how simple polygons translate into matrices and how to use 2x2 matrices to represent transformations in a plane. Includes video demonstrating an example where a vector must be rotated 90 degrees using matrices. [4:18]
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics Glossary
This site contains the definitions for many geometric terms including transformations.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Geometry in Tessellations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan explores tessellations and their geometric properties. Plenty of interactive support is available for students. Lots of resources for teachers to use.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tessellations Geometry and Symmetry
This lesson plan deals with tessellations and their geometric concepts. Upper elementary and middle school students will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature and culture.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Visual Patterns in Tessellations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan examines the mathematical nature of art, tilings and tessellations. Young scholars will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature...
Other
Symmetry in Architecture
Provides real world examples of symmetry in architecture, including pictures of each kind of symmetry, examples, acknowledgements, and a bibliography.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Transformations
Get independent practice working with transformations. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Shape Preserving Transformations
This is a site that discusses transformations and the processes.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Geometry Slice Special Test
A succinct test for assessing geometry concepts. Assessment is scored online giving immediate feedback. An excellent assessment tool.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Wrapping Paper Patterns
Students explore slides, flips, and turns in this interactive web lesson.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Transformations
Practice using your graphing calculator for transformation problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Kinetic Energy
Kinetic energy is defined and explained--learning exercises are included to assess your understanding.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Basic Terminology and Concepts: Kinetic Energy
In this site from the physics classroom, kinetic energy is defined and discussed. The equation for its computation is also given and practice computation problems are given.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Triangle Congruence With Coordinates
For this task, 8th graders explore congruence and transformations of two triangles on a coordinate grid. Aligns with 8.G.A.2.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Congruent Triangles
In this task, 8th graders investigate congruence and transformations of two triangles on a coordinate grid. Includes a GeoGebra worksheet that the teacher can use for demonstration purposes. Aligns with 8.G.A.2.
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]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Composition of Transformations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students explore composite transformations. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Congruent Polygons
Learn about congruent polygons with this resource which offers detailed explanations, examples, and an interactive. Subjects covered include how to test for congruence. Links to related topics.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Transformation of Functions
In this mini-lesson, we will learn about transformations of functions, transformations of exponential functions, and transformations of quadratic functions. Check out the interactive simulations to know more about the lesson and try your...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: The Concept of Congruence
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in the concept of congruence.