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Transformations

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.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6, Year 7
Audience	Teacher, Student
Purpose	Assessment task, Content knowledge, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Growth mindset, Structuring lessons, Worked examples
Keywords	Cartesian plane, coordinates, reflection, rotation, translation, symmetry, combined transformation, positve scale factor, negative scale factor, mapping object
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	English, ICT general capability, Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Geometry, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Angles and geometric reasoning, Location, Shapes and objects, Transformation
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMMG142 Investigate combinations of translations, reflections and rotations, with and without the use of digital technologies ACMMG181 Describe translations, reflections in an axis and rotations of multiples of 90° on the Cartesian plane using coordinates. Identify line and rotational symmetries
National numeracy learning progression	Understanding geometric properties - UGP6
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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