Subject: Math, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
Lesson Length: 45 mins - 1 hour
Topic: Math, Geometry, Transformations, Rotations, Reflections, Translations
Brief Description: Students will create a comic that provides definitions of rotations, reflections, and translations in terms of circles.
Know Before You Start: Students should know the types of rigid transformations (rotations, reflections, translations).
Hook:
- Ask students
- “What are rotation, reflection, and translation?”
- “What makes these rigid transformations?” (The size and shape of objects are preserved).
- “How are these transformations used in art and architecture?”
Activity:
- Have students discuss the definition of and examples of rigid transformations.
- Have students create a comic that illustrates each of the rigid transformations: rotation, reflection, and translation.
Closure:
- Have students share their comics with the class or in small groups.
- Have students explain the types of transformations to each other.
- Have students discuss why it’s important to be able to communicate mathematical ideas in visual form.
- Discuss alternate names for the transformations.
- Emphasize that transformations appear often in art and architecture and are used to create computer graphics for movies and video games.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Students may have varying degrees of visual interest in their representations.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
- Draw/Plan Then Write
- Concept Map
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