Unit Objectives
Students will:
· Be able to describe what geometric translations and reflections are
· Be able to perform geometric translations and reflections
· Know that translations and reflections are both types of geometric transformations
· Be able to identify the pre-image and image in a geometric transformation
· Be able to identify the line of reflection in a geometric reflection
· Know that in a reflection and in a translation, the pre-image and image are congruent
· Know that in a reflection, the pre-image and image have reversed orientation
· Know that in a translation, the pre-image and image have the same orientation, i.e. not reversed
· Be able to describe what reflection symmetry is
· Be able to identify a figure with reflection symmetry
· Be able to identify a line of symmetry in a figure
· Be able to describe what a tessellation is
· Be able to describe what a fundamental region is
· Be able to create a tessellation
· Be able to design a transformation to be performed by a fellow student
· Be able to perform a transformation designed by a fellow student