House Transformations Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Outcomes Students will be able to interpret function notation and compare and contrast, as well as perform, translations, rotations, and reflections.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors      math , language arts - reading Roles      Family, Worker, Community Member Program Type(s)      GED, Family Literacy, Workforce Education, Urban, Rural NRS Learner Levels (ABE/GED)       5, 6 Time Frame      2.0 hours Technology Integration Transformation activities on Geogebra Online graphing tool Polya’s 4-Step Problem Solving Strategy Think Aloud Teaching Strategy

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Purposeful, Transparent, Contextual, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students want to be able to apply the concepts of translations, rotations, and reflections into a real-world problem. Teachers will model and then guide them in using these concepts with respect to moving objects around the home. Contextual Transformations are normally difficult to put into a real-world context for many students. Many do not see the application outside of the coordinate plane. However, moving objects, like furniture, is one way to put this in context. Movers and contractors use the idea of rotations and translations and the fact that length is preserved when moving objects around inside a house to make sure they have enough room. Artists often use all three transformations in works of art. Basketball, pool, and mini golf all use the concept of a reflection and its ability to preserve angles when the ball bounces off the backboard or the railing. Building Expertise Students will have been familiar with equations and finding points on a graph using an equation prior to this lesson. Now they will be able to recognize function notation and use a function to find points on a graph.

Lesson Designer Chelsie Wollet Cental Southeast ABLE Resource Center (740) 593-4419 wolletc1@ohio.edu

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