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Symmetry Self-Assessment

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students draw symmetrical shapes. In this symmetry instructional activity, students complete a self assessment worksheet. Students draw shapes that have lines of symmetry. They then check for rotational symmetry and show the relationship...
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Reflections of Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use video and the Internet to identify examples of bilateral and radial symmetry in the world around them. They create symmetrical reflection designs using pattern blocks and paper.
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Tilings with Multiple Symmetries

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore how some tilings can display rotational and/or reflection symmetry in addition to translational symmetry. Students demonstrate how these tilings can be generated using either one of the symmetry concepts and Zome System...
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Rotational Symmetry

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice how to draw a line of symmetry inside a shape. In this symmetry lesson plan, students record the sides, lines of symmetry, and order of rotational symmetry for different shapes.
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Rotational Symmetry

For Students 10th
In this rotational symmetry worksheet, 10th graders identify and compare 10 different figures illustrated on the sheet. They write the order of rotational symmetry seen in each figure as compared to the others. They also define an object...
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Symmetry: Practice

For Students 6th - 7th
In this symmetry activity, students trace the figures, turn them, and then write yes or no to tell if it has rotational symmetry. Students tell how many degrees they turned it to determine the symmetry. Students repeat the process for...
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Polygons

For Students 8th - 10th
This resource provides 5 different worksheets on the topic of polygons and symmetry. These worksheets cover rotational symmetry, lines of symmetry, symmetry of regular polygons, special quadiralaterals, and polygon transformation. The...
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Dihedral Figures

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers perform transformations. For this web based lesson, students explore dihedral figures. They use the web tools to translate, rotate, and reflect figures. Pupils identify lines of symmetry.
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Symmetries of a Quadrilateral I

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners examine the properties of quadrilaterals from the point of view of rigid motion. Different types of quadrilaterals are characterized by their symmetries, so learners explore the symmetries of a described quadrilateral to...
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Symmetries of a Quadrilateral II

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners investigate the symmetries of a convex quadrilateral in a collaborative activity. Rigid motion and complements are explored as learners analyze different cases of reflections across a line.
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Rotation Symmetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of symmetry by using various examples and performing independent practice with scaffolding provided by the teacher. They review reflection symmetry and cover the new rotation symmetry using...
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Geometric Shapes: Rotational Symmetry

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometric shapes:  rotational symmetry worksheet, students look at four shapes and check yes or no for rotational symmetry.
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Rotational Symmetry

For Students 5th - 7th
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to identify rotational symmetry.
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Rotational Symmetry

For Students 4th - 6th
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to identify images that have rotational symmetry.
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Rotational Symmetry

For Students 4th - 6th
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students examine 4 images and determine whether or not they have rotational symmetry.
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Rotational Symmetry

For Students 4th - 6th
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students respond to 3 questions that require them to identify rotational symmetry
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The Rotating Grille

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students experience the geometric method of coding by actual construction and use of a rotating grille. Students use rotations and reflections to code and decode messages. Students explore nomenclature and symmetry.
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Symmetry

For Students 9th - 12th
For this symmetry worksheet, students use the alphabet to determine how many letters have a mirror plane, rotational axis, or an inversion center. Students determine the symmetry elements and the point group for different chemical...
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Symmetries in Quadrilateral Tilings

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze symmetries of quadrilateral tilings and discover how various types of symmetries, used alone or in combination, can generate the same pattern in more than one way.
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Lines of Symmetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders demonstrate lines of symmetry using polygons, pentominoes, and block letters of the alphabet. They describe, identify, and analyze characteristics and properties of geometric shapes.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Taking a Spin

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It does not divide into 360 evenly, so it cannot work. The resource extends pupils' thinking about rotational symmetry. By asking for a figure with a rotational symmetry of a seemingly impossible angle, the activity requires learners to...
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Symmetry in Nature

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this symmetry worksheet, students put organisms into categories of having line symmetry or rotational symmetry and answer questions about them. Students put 8 organisms into the chart and answer 3 questions.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Rotational Symmetry of Polygons and Other Figures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore geometry by participating in a shape rotation experiment. In this symmetry lesson, students identify the term symmetry and a list of other geometry vocabulary. Students analyze shapes as they are turned 90 degrees and...
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Rotational Symmetry

For Students 5th
In this rotational symmetry worksheet, 5th graders determine if the two figures have rotational symmetry. This worksheet explains and provides examples of rotational symmetry.

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