Aligned Resources

Students learn about classifying angles by their measure and in relation to angles formed by two lines crossed by a transversal.

Audiences: Grades 3-5

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: acute, angles, degrees, intersection, obtuse, rays, right angle

Students consider the patterns that emerge from agent models and geometric fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Modeling

Related Topics: agent modeling, fractals, pattern, recursion, self-similarity

Students learn basic ideas about graphing points on the coordinate plane.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry

Related Topics: algebra, axis, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, graph, linear functions, lines, negative number, number line, pattern, planes, positive number, quadrant, slope

Demonstrates the connections between formulas and graphs.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, constant, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, functions, graph, input, intercept, linear equations, linear functions, lines, negative number, output, parabola, slope

Introduces students to lines, rays, line segments, and planes.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: algebra, axis, coordinate plane, coordinate system, functions, geometry, graph, infinity, lines, number line, planes, rays, segment

This lesson shows elementary students how they can know, for certain, that rigid motions like reflections, rotations, and translations create a shape congruent to the original.

Audiences: Grades 3-5

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: congruent, reflections, rotation, transformation, translation

Introduces students to concepts of transformations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry

Related Topics: angles, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, dimension, distance, flips, geometry, glides, graph, hexagon, image, parallelogram, pattern, planes, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, squares, symmetry, tessellations, transformation, translation, transpose, triangles

Investigate the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying the coordinates of randomly generated points, or requesting that a particular point be plotted. Simple Coordinates Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, graph, integers

Investigate the first quardant of the Cartesian coordinate system by directing a robot through a mine field laid out on the grid. Simple Maze Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, distance, graph

Explore the world of translations, reflections, and rotations in the Cartesian coordinate system by transforming squares, triangles and parallelograms. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, hexagon, image, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose, triangle

Build your own polygon and transform it in the Cartesian coordinate system. Experiment with reflections across any line, rotations about any point, and translations in any direction. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: angles, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, image, linear equations, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose