Rigid Transformations Introductory Discovery Activity BUNDLE

Here's what you need to teach rigid transformations! With these 3 introductory activities, your students will discover the effects of translations, rotations, and reflections on two-dimensional figures using coordinates!

In this bundle, you will receive:

• a hands-on translations activity where students will cut out a figure and PHYSICALLY SLIDE it a given number of units on a coordinate plane, then record the coordinates in a table, and look for the effects each translation has made. Students are asked to summarize what they noticed and make predictions about coordinates of different translations.
• a hands-on rotations activity where students PHYSICALLY TURN a coordinate plane using a "rotations mat" and then record the new coordinates of a figure using an activity sheet with tables. They use what they record to determine the effects the transformation has on the coordinates of the vertices.
• an introductory reflections activity where students reflect 4 different figures across the x-axis or y-axis and record the coordinates of the reflected image in a table. They then notice the effects of the coordinates when the figure is reflected across a particular axis. Make this activity hands-on by using tracing paper and flipping it rather than counting.

These simple activities are highly engaging and have students learning rigid transformation rules through inquiry. Students make observations and can then test their hypotheses.

Save over 25% when you buy these 3 resources together! Here's what's included:

Translations Hands-On Introductory Activity

Reflections Introductory Activity

Rotations Hands-On Introductory Activity

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