Unit 6:  Geometry and Measurement

Activity 13:  Rotations (GLE:  31)

CC: Have students draw a variety of recognizable images:  capital letter B, a scalene triangle, an irregular pentagon that resembles the outline of a house, a heart, a circle, and a square. Identify a pivot point, and name it "P". Then have students predict what the shape will look like at several rotations:

•  90 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 270 degrees

• 360 degrees

Unitedstreaming videos:

http://unitedstreaming.com

Maths Mansion: Rotations (09:20)

CC:  Art integration:  Use transformations to create simple tessellation projects.

Unitedstreaming videos:

http://unitedstreaming.com

Investigating Tesselation (05:47)

Exploring Tesselation (01:09

Web Sites:

Tessellations, Symmetry and Art

http://www.ohiou.edu/museum/east1.html

Tessellations WOW!

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/pdf/esmp/tessellations.pdf#search=%22elementary%20tessellation%20%22

Linking Home | English/Language Arts 4  | Math 4 | Science 4 | Social Studies 4 | TLTC Home