Geometry Curriculum Unit 8: Transformations – Lessons, Activities & Assessments

Translations, reflections, rotations, dilations, symmetry and combined transformations are all covered in Geometry Unit 8, a complete, ready-to-use unit on transformations in geometry. Its 7 lessons balance direct instruction, practice and activities, and take students from the introduction of each idea through to mastery.

What’s included

• Unit prep materials: pacing guide, vocabulary lists, pre-assessment, warm-ups, exit tickets and lesson plan templates
• 7 complete lessons, each with notes, practice and an activity
• Assessments: quizzes, end-of-unit study guide and unit exam
• Answer keys for all practice pages, activities and assessments

Lessons in the unit

• Translations: notes, practice, matching activity
• Reflections: notes, practice, identification activity
• Rotations: notes, practice, locator activity
• Dilations: notes, practice, cut-and-paste activity, quiz
• Combined Transformations: notes, practice, activity
• Congruence and Similarity Transformations: notes, practice, coloring activity
• Symmetry: notes, practice, Around-the-Room activity, quiz

Activities in the unit

The following activities are included:

• Symmetry Around the Room Task Cards
• Coordinate Plane Translations – Rigid Motion Geometry Matching Cards
• Geometric Rotations – Coordinate Plane Transformation Activity
• Reflections Identification – Coordinate Plane Geometric Transformation Activity
• Dilations Cut and Paste Activity
• Combined Transformations Matching Activity
• Congruence and Similarity Transformations Coloring Activity

Good to know

• Lessons, practice, activities and assessments are organized in one place.
• Activity formats include scavenger hunts, cut-and-paste, coloring and Around-the-Room tasks.
• The unit is low prep and editable. You can adapt the slides, notes and worksheets to your class.

Quick facts

• Topic: translations, reflections, rotations, dilations, symmetry and combined transformations
• Grades: 8–11
• CCSS: 8.G.A.2, 8.G.A.3, 8.G.A.4, HSG-CO.A.1, HSG-CO.A.2, HSG-CO.A.3, HSG-CO.A.4, HSG-CO.A.5, HSG-CO.B.6, HSG-SRT.A.1, HSG-SRT.A.1a, HSG-SRT.A.1b
• Answer key: included

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