CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing Prices of Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes what the numerical value of money translates to in dollars and cents. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the...
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.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Quiz on the Translations of Sine and Cosine Functions
The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of advanced mathematical concepts in Pre-Calculus. The questions evaluate students on translations of sine and cosine functions. Topics include horizontal and vertical shifts.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Connecting Translations, Reflection, and Rotations
In this activity, students will investigate the relationship among the three types of rigid transformations - translations, rotations, and reflections.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Parallelograms and Translations
In this task, students apply the definition of a parallelogram in the context of a geometric construction. Aligns with G-CO.C.11.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Learning Math: Symmetry
This presentation provides a tutorial on symmetry. In the tutorial, you will do the following: learn about geometric symmetry, explore line or reflection symmetry, explore rotation symmetry, and explore translation symmetry and frieze...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Four Types of Symmetry in the Plane
This Math Forum site gives visual examples of rotation, translation, reflection, and glide reflection with background information about each. Also gives problems to work on concerning symmetry.
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]
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Math World: Dilation
This MathWorld site gives a visual description of dilation and the different kinds of dilation in a similarity transformation.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Vector
This site from Mathworld.com provides a detailed overview of vectors in algebra, and includes numerous formulas and examples.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Dueling Pinwheels (Geometer's Sketchpad)
An introductory look at the interactive Geometer's Sketchpad in terms of using it to explore rotations, translations, and reflections. Only a beginner's amount of skill with the program is needed. Exploration questions are given for the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Translate Expressions With Parentheses
Activity provides questions that test understanding of how to translate expressions with parentheses. Immediate feedback is given and hints or a video are available if needed.
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...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Interactive Thermometer
An interactive thermometer shows temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit and "translates" the temperature you choose into real life situations, like "Fun in the Snow," "Nice Sunny Day," or "Boiling Water."
Khan Academy
Khan: Lesson 5: Relationships Among Linear Equations, Lines in Coordinate Plane
This lesson focuses on the relationship between algebraic, graphical, and contextual expressions of linear equations.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: General "Transformation" Vocabulary
This site offers a short discussion of transformations. The discussion has few pictures and expresses the transformations in terms of relative coordinates rather than pictures.
Other
Wichita State University: Emilie, Marquise Du Chatelet
This straightforward biography of the French mathematician Emilie de Chatelet covers basics of her life and times. Her friendship with Voltaire, translation of Newton, and tragic early death are included.
Other
Nearpod: Transformations on Coordinate Planes
In this lesson on transformations on coordinate planes, 8th graders explore dilation, translation, reflection, and rotation of shapes within a coordinate plane.
Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College: Functions and Transformations of Functions
A review of the important concepts dealing with functions and transformations of functions. Java plug-in is required for the exploration feature.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Transformations
Students show comprehension of advanced mathematics skills in Geometry. The questions check understanding on transformational geometry. Topics include translations, symmetry, and rotations.
Other
Nearpod: Transformations & Congruence
In this instructional activity 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 activity, students will learn how to describe and identify reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf, G Co, Trigonometric Identities and Rigid Motions
The purpose of this task is to apply translations and reflections to the graphs of the functions f(x)=cos x and g(x)=sin x in order to derive some trigonometric identities. There are also rotations 180 degrees about points on the x-axis...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Fixed Points of Rigid Motions
A rigid motion of the plane is a map of the plane to itself which preserves distances between points. The purpose of this task is to use fixed points as a tool for studying and classifying rigid motions of the plane, i.e., translations,...