Learners first create designs for greeting cards by applying transformations of shapes on a coordinate plane, and then determine a sequence of transformations that produces a given design.

Concepts

translations, reflections, rotations, transformations

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Challenge learners to create their own designs
• Team up with an art teacher and turn the task into a project

Classroom Considerations

• Although the task makes use of congruence, the concept of congruence is not explicitly referenced in the task

Pros

• Includes professional-looking diagrams
• Contains scored student work as examples of how to apply the rubric

Cons

• Incorrect page number and footer information

Common Core

8.G.A.2 8.G.A.3 MP2 MP3 MP6 MP7