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Symmetry with Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students analyze a symmetrical stamp design with an equal balance of light and dark to create a pattern in succession. In this shape design activity, students review concepts of sign, symbol and language across cultures. Students analyze...
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Physical Science Activities: Letters in a Mirror

For Students 5th - 8th
Investigate mirror images with alphabet letters! In order to experiment with mirror images, distortion, and reflection, class members use small mirrors and place them over and near the alphabet letters on the activity. Individuals or...
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Symmetry Using Polygons

For Students 8th - 10th
Working on symmetry in your class? If so, this worksheet might be for you. Learners observe different triangles and quadrilaterals, determine which are symmetrical, draw in the lines of symmetry, and color the symmetrical shapes. In...
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Lines of Symmetry

For Teachers 1st
First graders create symmetrical designs using a computer program.  In this lines of symmetry lesson, 1st graders review their symmetrical designs and discuss other ways symmetrical designs can be made.  Students work in pairs and use...
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Symmetry that is Basic and Beautiful

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore lines of symmetry. In this symmetry lesson, students divide and combine shapes along basic lines of symmetry. Learners explore symmetry in real life objects.
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Drawing Mirror Images

For Students 4th - 5th
In this mirror images activity, students solve 4 problems in which mirror image patterns are identified and mirror images of geometric figures are drawn. This page is intended to be an online activity, but can be completed on paper.
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Math Problems, Calculations and Mirror Images

For Students 4th - 5th
In this online math exercises worksheet, students complete a variety of assignments including practicing eight math calculations, two word problems and drawing three mirror images. Students check their work online as they go.
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Exploring Arrangements of 2, 3, 4, and 5 Cubes

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use problem solving skills to create various models of tricubes, tetracubes, and pentacubes. They classify the cubes into various groupings and identify them as mirror images, regular arrangements, and irregular arrangements....
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Comparison of Images Formed by Plane, Cylindrical, and Spherical Mirrors

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe how reflections differ in various types of mirrors. In this reflection instructional activity, students use cylindrical mirrors, plane mirrors, and concave mirrors to observe how each reflects the student's face.
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Math: Are They the Same - or Knot?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the equivalence between knots and math through a manipulative exploration. In pairs, they select three sets of identical knots and change their forms without breaking the knots apart. Students pass them along to the...