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Geometry in Tessellations
Grades: 7 to 8Subjects: Geometry, MathematicsThis lesson, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., allows students to examine tessellations and their geometric properties...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Soccer Problem
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsA soccer player is on a breakaway, dribbling the ball downfield, parallel to a sideline. From where should she shoot to have the...Contributor: Brian AuslandViews: 0Favorites: 0Cutting Corners
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, introduces students to the names and attributes of shapes they do not regularly me...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Mirror Tool
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis student interactive, from Illuminations, can be used to investigate symmetry. Students can view the results when they flip,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Symmetries I
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this unit of four lessons, from Illuminations, investigate rotational symmetry. They learn about the mathematical properties ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Symmetries II
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this unit of four lessons, from Illuminations, students use Java applets to investigate reflection, mirror, or bilateral symm...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Describing Rotations
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn how to describe rotations of a figure. They then use...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Finding What Doesn't Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students predict the effect of a rotation through a given angle. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Relating Rotations to Symmetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate the relationship between rotations and the sym...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Symmetries I: Conclusions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students reflect on what they have learned in the previous lessons....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Describing Reflections
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn how reflections work and what happens when two or mo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Reflections Across Two Mirror Lines
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn what happens when a design is reflected twice across...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Symmetries II: Conclusions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students reflect on what they learned in the three previous lessons...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Understanding Congruence, Similarity, and Symmetry Using Transformations and Interactive Figures
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this unit of four lessons, from Illuminations, students work with interactive Java applets to manipulate a shape and observe ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Composing Reflections
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students examine the result of reflecting a shape successively thro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Reflect on This
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students investigate reflections in a plane using mirrors (or other reflective materials) an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Covering the Plane with Rep-Tiles
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students discover and explore a special kind of tiling of the plane. Rep-tiles are geometric...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Figuring in Football
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 2Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students examine the influences of pattern, symmetry, and design in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Symmetries III
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis lesson, from Illuminations, helps students to understand how translations work and what happens when two or more translatio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Symmetries IV
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: MathematicsThis lesson, from Illuminations, helps students to understand and identify glide reflections. With the help of a Java applet, st...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0