How A Shape Can Be A Copycat!

We are learning about transformations
(reflection, rotation and translation, or enlargement).  

Yesterday in our maths session we were given a 'copy cat' problem to solve.  We had to investigate if a shape could be made into the same shape but as a bigger version of itself.  

This morning, Izzy took the shapes and showed the class how a square, triangle and rectangle (oblong) could be a copy cat.

Can you work out why these shapes are copycats?  Leave a comment below and we will tell you if you are right!

We know that translation means moving.... without rotating or reflecting... just moving.

We know that reflection means every point is the same distance from the centre line and the same size as the original image.

We know that rotation means turning around a centre point.

Geometry: Translation, Reflection & Rotations

We have be exploring

Translation, Reflection and Rotation.

We now know that translation means moving.... without rotating or reflecting... just moving.

We now know that reflection means every point is the same distance from the centre line and the same size as the original image.

We now know that rotation means turning around a centre point.  

Can you see the translation, reflection and rotation in the children's work below?  

Leave a comment and write the name of the student and what you can see!

David

Kaleb

Kyara

Mya

Darnell

Havana

Memphis

Izzy

Malcolm

Philip

Patrick

Navarone

Samia

You can have fun trying these activities by clicking on the links below.  

Let us know how you got on.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/translation.html

https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/reflection.html

https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/rotation.html

References:  https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry