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Analyzing designs

In this lesson, students explore the geometric transformations of rotation, reflection, and translation. They create a design and then, using flips, turns, and slides, make a four-part paper “mini-quilt” square with that design as the basis.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)

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Exploring turns

In this lesson, students explore the geometric transformation of rotation. They create a design and then, using turns, make a four-part paper “mini-quilt” with that design as the basis. While the formal term is “rotation,” the more... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Planning and making a mini-quilt

In this lesson, students create a quilt using three transformations (reflection, rotation, and translation) and then investigate the ways shapes can be colored to show “one-half” and “one-fourth.” They also locate lines of symmetry... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations