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Colouring Triangles
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This activity allows students to explore reflective symmetry. They are asked to color a given arrangement of triangles in symmetric patterns using specific numbers of colors. The Teachers' Notes page includes suggestions for implementation, discussion questions, ideas for extension and support, and printable sheets

Subject:
Mathematics
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Activity/Lab
Provider:
NRICH
Date Added:
01/05/2009
Hexagonal Pattern of Beehives
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The goal of this task is to use geometry study the structure of beehives. Beehives have a tremendous simplicity as they are constructed entirely of small, equally sized walls. In order to as useful as possible for the hive, the goal should be to create the largest possible volume using the least amount of materials. In other words, the ratio of the volume of each cell to its surface area needs to be maximized. This then reduces to maximizing the ratio of the surface area of the cell shape to its perimeter.

Subject:
Mathematics
Secondary Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Illustrative Mathematics
Provider Set:
Illustrative Mathematics
Author:
Illustrative Mathematics
Date Added:
01/21/2013
Hundred Square
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This activity provides an opportunity for students to work on spatial visualization and number sense together. Learners are presented with a hundred grid and told there is another printed on the reverse side. They must work out the unseen numbers for several positions on the grid. Ideas for implementation, extension and support are included along with a printable sheet of grids.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Activity/Lab
Provider:
NRICH
Date Added:
10/05/2009
Let's Reflect
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This activity allows students to investigate line symmetry and reflections. Using a mirror, students locate the lines of symmetry. in a square and then proceed to find other shapes by reflecting parts of the square. Ideas for implementation, extension and support are included along with a printable worksheet of squares (.doc)

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
NRICH
Date Added:
08/05/2003
Lines of Symmetry For Circles
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This is an instructional task that gives students a chance to reason about lines of symmetry and discover that a circle has an an infinite number of lines of symmetry. Even though the concept of an infinite number of lines is fairly abstract, fourth graders can understand infinity in an informal way.

Subject:
Elementary Mathematics
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Illustrative Mathematics
Provider Set:
Illustrative Mathematics
Author:
Illustrative Mathematics
Date Added:
11/11/2012
Lines of Symmetry For Quadrilaterals
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This task provides students a chance to experiment with reflections of the plane and their impact on specific types of quadrilaterals. It is both interesting and important that these types of quadrilaterals can be distinguished by their lines of symmetry.

Subject:
Elementary Mathematics
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Illustrative Mathematics
Provider Set:
Illustrative Mathematics
Author:
Illustrative Mathematics
Date Added:
11/11/2012
Lines of Symmetry For Triangles
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This task is intended for instruction, providing the students with a chance to experiment with physical models of triangles, gaining spatial intuition by executing reflections.

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Elementary Mathematics
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Illustrative Mathematics
Provider Set:
Illustrative Mathematics
Author:
Illustrative Mathematics
Date Added:
10/12/2012
Mathematics for Materials Scientists and Engineers, Fall 2005
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This course covers the mathematical techniques necessary for understanding of materials science and engineering topics such as energetics, materials structure and symmetry, materials response to applied fields, mechanics and physics of solids and soft materials. The class uses examples from the materials science and engineering core courses (3.012 and 3.014) to introduce mathematical concepts and materials-related problem solving skills. Topics include linear algebra and orthonormal basis, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, tensor operations, symmetry operations, calculus of several variables, introduction to complex analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations, theory of distributions, and fourier analysis. Users may find additional or updated materials at Professor Carter's 3.016 course Web site.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Carter, W. Craig
Date Added:
01/01/2005
Maths Venn: Properties of Quadrilaterals
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How well do your students understand the properties of quadrilaterals and the vocabulary that is used to describe them? Use these Venn diagrams as a way for students to prove which quadrilateral is being described.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Activity/Lab
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Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Maths Venn
Author:
Craig Barton
Date Added:
10/24/2022
Reflecting Squarely
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In this problem students use spatial awareness and visualization to solve problems related to reflection (bilateral) symmetry. Learners are given three shapes and must assemble as many different but symmetrical composites as possible. Ideas for implementation, extension and support are included along with printable sheets of the shapes and a poster.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
NRICH
Date Added:
04/05/2009
Rotational and Reflectional Symmetry of Polygons
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This is a lesson plan that introduces rotational and reflectional symmetry with geometric shapes, focusing on regular polygons. Notes (two copies: a student version and also an answer key, both as a Word doc and a PDF), assignment, and cut-out shapes are provided.

Subject:
Secondary Mathematics
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Author:
Kimberly
Date Added:
02/07/2022
Rotational and Reflectional Symmetry of Polygons with Keynote Project
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This is a lesson plan that introduces rotational and reflectional symmetry with geometric shapes, focusing on regular polygons. Notes (two copies: a student version and also an answer key, both as a Word doc and a PDF), assignment, and cut-out shapes are provided. There is a final project, with both instructions and an example included. Cover image: Christensen, K., 2022. Reflectional Symmetry of an Atom [screenshot] (Keynote presentation, Rotational and Reflectional Symmetry Assignment).

Subject:
Secondary Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Homework/Assignment
Lesson Plan
Author:
Kimberly
Date Added:
03/09/2022
Seven Circles I
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This task is intended to help model a concrete situation with geometry. Placing the seven pennies in a circular pattern is a concrete and fun experiment which leads to a genuine mathematical question: does the physical model with pennies give insight into what happens with seven circles in the plane?

Subject:
Mathematics
Secondary Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Illustrative Mathematics
Provider Set:
Illustrative Mathematics
Author:
Illustrative Mathematics
Date Added:
08/20/2012
Times
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In this activity learners explore the connections of digital time displays with numeric and geometric properties. Students look for times that have bilateral or rotational symmetry, or have a certain digital sum, etc. Ideas for implementation, extension and support are included.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
NRICH
Date Added:
08/05/1998
nrich - School Fair Necklaces
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Have you ever thought about the mathematics of beading? This challenge will have you thinking about symmetry and all of the ways you can create different necklaces with the same beads.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Stanford Graduate School of Education
Provider Set:
YouCubed
Date Added:
04/26/2022