Term 1 Week 8 2D Shapes

Strategy

Students can:

• identify whether a two-dimensional shape has been translated, reflected or rotated

• construct patterns of two-dimensional shapes that involve translations, reflections and rotations

• predict the next translation, reflection or rotation in a pattern

Activities to support the strategy

Activity 1

Students review types of transformations through the following interactive activities:

• Slide, Flip, Turn

• Science Kids – Transformation Game

Activity 2: robot

Working in pairs, students select an object in the classroom or in the playground without informing their partner. Each student guides their blindfolded partner around the classroom/playground to their secret objects using a combination of transformation movements. (Reflections will need to be excluded from this activity), e.g. translate forward 5 steps, rotate 90 degrees to the right / clockwise etc.

Variation: Students write their instructions for their partner to follow.

Activity 3: transforming patterns

Students create a repeated pattern of stamps or pictures using a combination of transformations drawn with digital technology. They print and exchange patterns with a partner who has to determine the sequence of transformations used. Partners then predict the next translation, reflection or rotation in the pattern.