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Combined transformations inquiry
This sequence of lessons explores student understanding of reflections, rotations and translations. Students can work collaboratively to determine the combination of shapes which can undergo transformation. Students then carry out their own reflections, translations and rotations. Downloadable templates, worksheets and a PowerPoint presentation are provided for teachers to use.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 6 Year 7
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource Teaching strategies
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Angles and geometric reasoning Position and location Shapes and objects Transformation
- Audience
- Teachers Students
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P4, P5) Positioning and locating (P5)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- scale factor
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