Exploring Translations Notes and Practice on the Coordinate Plane
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- Grade 8
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- Preparation
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- Subject
- Geometry, Math
- Topic
- Transformations, Translations
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- Preparation
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This resource guides students in exploring the coordinate patterns in translations on the coordinate plane using both given directions (left, right, up, down) and coordinate formulas [Ex: (x,y)-->(x + 3, y - 7)].
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Learning objectives
Translate a figure on the coordinate plane by a given direction and distance
Write a translation as a rule of the form (x, y) to (x + a, y + b)
Skills covered
Describing translations — students state each move as left, right, up or down and as a coordinate rule
Plotting images — students locate translated points on the grid
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