Webquest

=Transformations Wequest=

The [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] has five activities that help you understand transformations.

[|Transformations - Reflections] Playing with Reflections
 * 1) Click and drag the shape with the black border (the one on the right). What happens to its reflection on the other side of the line?
 * 2) Rotate the shape with the black border by clicking on a corner and dragging it. What happens to its reflection on the other side of the line?
 * 3) Click on the line and drag it to change its position. What happens to the shapes?

Hitting a Target
 * 1) Move the shape with the black border so that its reflected image lands exactly on the white shape.
 * 2) Explain what happens to the reflected image as you move the original shape.

[|Transformations - Rotations] Playing with Rotations Hitting a Target
 * 1) Click and drag the shape with the black border.What happens to its rotated image?
 * 2) Rotate the shape with the black border by clicking on a corner and dragging it.What happens to its rotated image?
 * 3) Drag the center point of the angle.What happens to the shapes?
 * 4) Drag the point on the side of the angle to change size of the angle.What happens to the shapes?
 * 1) Move the center of the angle and change its size so that the rotated image of the red shape lands exactly on the white shape.

[|Transformations - Compositions] Activity 1 Activity 2 Optional
 * 1) Choose the first transformation to be a reflection and the second transformation to be a translation.
 * 2) Adjust the line of reflection and the translation vector so that the original image lands exactly on the white shape.
 * 3) Compare your results to your neighbors. Did you use the same reflection line and translation vector, or is there more than one solution to this problem?
 * 4) Explain the strategies you used to move the original image so that it exactly matched the white shape.
 * 1) Choose the first transformation to be a rotation and the second transformation to be a translation.
 * 2) Adjust the center of rotation, the size of the rotation, and the translation vector so that the original image lands exactly on the white shape.
 * 3) Compare your results to your neighbors. Did you use the same reflection line and translation vector, or is there more than one solution to this problem?
 * 4) Explain the strategies you used to move the original image so that it exactly matched the white shape.
 * 1) Using either Activity, clear the screen and then re-create the shape in a new location. How does this change your line of reflection and translation vector.

[|Bathroom Tiles] Guess the transformation that will map one tile to another.