Translations math activities

Struggling with transformations activities that are too complicated? These activities have large simple graphs and all use one manipulative - patty paper. Teach rotations, reflections, and translations in a way that students will actually remember!

Activities / Stations for Algebra, Geometry, & Middle School Math - spinning math puzzles and challenges made from clear plastic plates

Geometry Transformation Activity. Rotation: They create one fish, lay it on their aquarium and punch a paper fastener where the eye of the fish would be. This will allow for the fish to “rotate.” They write rotation next to the fish. Reflection: For reflection they create identical fish and make them mirror each other. Then they draw a line to show where the reflection occurs. Translation: For translation, they simply create two identical fish and draw a line to show the fish sliding.

As I posted before, my kids have been struggling with transformations, specifically rotations. I created this project in the hopes that creating an actual template to move around as they transform…

Product Description Included is four booklets: reflections, rotations, translations, and dilations. Each booklet has information about the transformation, includes rules, a practice problem, and a sequence of transformations. There are many ways that students can construct their booklets. They can glue them into their interactive notebooks, use as 4 handheld booklets, or staple together to create one booklet.

Look no further for the best activities and ideas for teaching geometric transformations! There are foldables for translations, rotations, reflections, dilations, and symmetry. The project is a great way to wrap up the unit with an activity. #mrseteachesmath #transformations #geometry

This is the third year that my students have completed my Transformation Summative Assessment Project. See my previous posts Here, year one, and Here, year two, for examples, details and the rubr

Students will be performing rigid transformations: reflections, rotations, and translations. There are 3 activities: (1) Students will determine the type of transformation that was performed and color the hearts according to the color key code, (2) capture the lovebugs by performing transformations, and (3) a harder version of capturing the lovebugs by performing transformations.