Activity:

Have students choose a basic shape (ideally one that is not a regular shape with equal angles and equal sides), then use that shape to create a design by flipping the shape. Have students draw the original shape first and then the design they’ve created after flipping the shape.

Activity:

Students may also want to use slides and turns for their designs.

Teacher Notes:

Students learn about transformations because they are a basic tool for defining equivalence of shape; two shapes are congruent if one shape can be transformed into another by a simple slide, flip or turn or by a combination of these transformations.5