Work with transformations in a plane and explore their meanings through drawings and manipulatives. 0606.4.7

Links verified on 1/03/2010

1. Cube - Find out which colors will be on opposite faces of a cube whose faces are shown unfolded.
2. Flip, Slide, or Turn - six flash movies allow you to watch the path an object takes while it is being transformed
3. Flips, Slides, and Turns - a manipulative which allows you to view the effect of applying reflection, translation, and rotation transformations or
4. Mathematical Movements (Flips, Slides and Turns) - [designed for 3rd grade] a 25 page lesson with printables [this link points to an archived file provided by the Wayback Machine. This site is blocked by some filters so you might want to download a copy at home]
5. Mathsnet Transformations - interactive site. a collection of approaches to this topic to offer you a choice. All require Java and a recent browser.
6. Measuring Turns - what would shapes look like if rotated
7. Motion in Geometry - a 127 slide PowerPoint show
8. Sam's Similar Shapes - Students learn about shapes that are different sizes but the same shape.
9. Spy Guys Interactive - Slides and Flips - Lesson 17
10. Transformations - [designed for 7th grade] how to identify, describe, perform, and analyze transformations involving translations, reflections, and rotations
11. Transformations - [designed for 7th grade] a 21 slide PowerPoint show produced by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
12. Transformations - a Flash movie which demonstrates flips, slides, and turns
13. Transformations and Symmetry - many good examples on this Math Art Connections page includes a student project assignment at the end
14. Wrapping Paper Patterns - decide which figures would result from a flip, a slide, or a turn