Grades 8-12 
Mathematics 
Geometry 
Standard 22

Students know the effect on figures in the coordinate
plane and space of rigid motions including rotations,
translations, and reflections.

 

Resources
Lesson Plans
Assessments

Geometry  
Larson/Boswell/Stiff, 1995, 
D.C. Heath and Company 

Section References 

7.1 Exploring Rigid 
Motion in a Plane 

7.2 Reflections 

7.3 Rotations 

7.4 Translations 

7.5 Glide Reflections 
and Compositions 

7.6 Extended Application: Frieze Patterns 

CA Exit Exam Web Site 

http:/www.chspe.com/ 
download.html 

Specific Textbook   
Web Sites  

http://www.glencoe.com/  
sec/math/prealg/mathnet/  

http://www.eduplace.com/  
links/  

http://www.eduplace.com/  

http://www.hmco.com/  
college/mathematics/  
index.html  

http://www.mcdougallittell  
.com/  

http://www.hmco.com/  

http://www.SRA-4KIDS.com/  

General Math   
Reference Sites  

http://www.learner.org/  
sami/view-category.php3  
?category=math  

http://www.score.k12.ca.us/  

http://henson.austin.apple  
.com/edres/curric.shtml  

http://school.discovery.com/  
schrockguide/index.html  

http://www.EDsOasis.org/  

http://www.math.com/  

http://www.nea.org/grants/  
free.html  

http://www.wcom.com/  
marcopolo/  

http://www.udel.edu/sine/  

http://dewey.chs.chico.k12  
.ca.us/math.html  

Free Stuff  

http://www.nea.org/  
grants/free.html  

State/National Math   
Ed Organizations  

http://www.nctm.org/  

http://www.cde.ca.gov/  

Calif. Dept. of Ed. Standards, Assessment, Ed. Reference.  

Calculator Reference Site  

http://www.ti.com/  
calc/docs/calchome.html 



Previously Published Data 

1.) Students will act out each of the transformations as a class. 


2.) Students will draw a picture (not too detailed) and perform all of the transformations on their picture. 
3.) Students will use transformations to get a pencil from their desk to the desk of a classmate, so the pencil is pointing the same direction as when it left the first desk. 
4.) Students will use transformations to get a note from their desk to the desk of a classmate. The note will have to be oriented so the recipient can read it without having to turn it. 
5.) Students will write their own book of transformations with an example of each.
 

Previously Published Data 

1.) Students will state which of the transformations has been done to a figure. 


2.) Given a figure, students will perform all of the indicated transformations on that figure.