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- Reflect Circle Over X.act
- Reflect Hexagon Over X.act
- Reflect Triangle Over X.act
- Reflect Rectangles Over X.act
- Reflect Square Over Y.act
- Reflect Trapezoid Over Y.act
- Reflect Triangle Over Y.act
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Subject Area
- Math: Geometry: Transformational Geometry
- Math: PreAlgebra: Geometry
- Math: Middle Grades Math: Geometry
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Texas Instruments
Level

6-8
Activity Time

20 Minutes
Device
- TI-73 Explorer™
- TI-Navigator™
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TI Connect™
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This is Activity # 18 from Getting Started with
TI-Navigator™ System: Middle Grades
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Reflections

Activity Overview

In this activity, students investigate reflections on a coordinate grid.

Before the Activity

See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity

During the Activity

Students will:

Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations

Describe sizes, positions, and orientations of shapes under informal transformations such as flips, turns, slides, and scaling

After the Activity

Review student answers

As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging

Re-teach concepts as necessary

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