Identify, describe and represent the position of a
shape following a reflection.
Draw the reflection of the shape in the mirror line. Use a ruler.
mirror line
Draw the reflection of the shapes in the mirror line. Use a ruler.
mirror line
mirror line
Shade three more squares
to make this pattern
symmetrical around the
mirror line.
Identify, describe and represent the position of a
shape following a reflection.
Draw the reflection of the shape in the mirror line. Use a ruler.
mirror line
Shade 3 more squares so that the pattern
is symmetrical in both mirror lines.
mirror line
mirror line
mirror line
Draw the reflection of this
shape. Use a ruler.
Identify, describe and represent the position of a
shape following a reflection.
Useful interactive games to teach the skills needed for recognising symmetry.
http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/75/shapes_sort_carroll
Sort a variety of 2d shapes on a Carroll diagram. Sort by one or two
conditions. Sort triangles - scalene, equilateral and isosceles. Sort
quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons and octagons, as well
as parallelograms, rhombus, kites and trapeziums. Also sort according to
a shapes properties such as acute, obtuse, reflex or right angles and
symmetry or whether it is a regular shape.
http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/153/
coordinates__reasoning_about_position_and_shapes
Find the missing coordinates on a given shape, reflected in a mirror line,
or the midpoints of straight lines. Choose to find coordinates in the first
quadrant, or all four quadrants. Provides lots of opportunity to reason
about shape and position.
http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/140/
carroll_diagram__missing_labels__2d_shapes
Explore the common properties of a group of shapes, including
symmetry, and then drag the correct labels to the Carroll diagram.
http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/82/itp_symmetry
This ITP displays a grid, which has a ‘mirror’ in the middle. The mirror
can be set to a horizontal, vertical or diagonal orientation and then
adjusted by dragging it around a central point. Squares on the grid can
be highlighted in yellow and the shape created can be moved to a new
position on the grid. The reflection of these highlighted squares can be
shown in blue, or hidden, with the mirror fixed or while the mirror is being
rotated.
http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/19/shape_and_space
lots of games to teach geometry, shape and space.