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Reflecting on Scenes

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Purpose: 

This is a level 3 geometry activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

Achievement Objectives:

Achievement Objective: Describe the transformations (reflection, rotation, translation, or enlargement) that have mapped one object onto another.

Specific Learning Outcomes: 

draw a reflection picture

Required Resource Materials: 
FIO, Level 3, Theme: At Camp, Reflecting On Scenes, page 16
Activity: 

This activity uses mirror symmetry.
Students will need to know some rules about reflectional symmetry.

reflectional symmetry.
Distances stay the same. Orientation is reversed.
Students will need to apply these rules for each land structure and cloud formation reflected in the lake. For example, consider the view from the western shore:

reflections.
Some students may need to use mirrors to help them visualise the image in the lake.
 

Answers to Activity

Individual sketches by students. Each landscape should be mirrored in the water.
 


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