The purpose of this lesson is to explore rotations.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 5 Blended Learning Math - Unit 8.4: Transformations - Rotations.
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the grade 6 math unit on transformational geometry.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 6 Blended Learning Math - Unit 8.0: Transformations - Introduction.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore transformations on a coordinate grid.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 6 Blended Learning Math - Unit 8.2: Transformations: Transformations on a Coordinate Grid.
The purpose of this lesson is to learn how to graph rotations on a coordinate grid.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 7 Blended Learning Math - Unit 8.7: Geometry - Graphing Rotations.
The purpose of this lesson is to learn about three different forms of transformations - translation, reflection and rotation.
Included is a YouTube video to support Grade 8 Blended Learning Math - Unit 8.3: Geometry - Identifying Transformations.
In this lesson, students learn how to determine location by triangulation. We describe the process of triangulation and practice finding your location on a worksheet, in the classroom, and outdoors.
Same or Different? is a routine that provides students opportunities to construct arguments when comparing objects, such as numbers or shapes.
A routine like Same or Different? provides accessible opportunities for even youngest students to learn how to talk about various features of mathematical objects – quantity, shape, color, orientation, and arrangement, to name a few.
This is a activity about how reaction wheels affect spacecraft orientation (attitude). Learners will observe Newton's Third Law (action-reaction) in the changes caused by a reaction wheel acting upon a spacecraft suspended from a support wire and in the ensuing interfering forces from the wire support. The experiment includes an option for demonstration and for learner investigation. Notes about gyroscopes are included.
Maps are designed to allow people to travel to a new location without a guide to show the way. They tell us information about areas to which we may or may not have ever been. There are many types of maps available for both recreational and professional use. A navigator uses a nautical map, while an engineer might use a surveyor's map. Maps are created by cartographers, and they can be very specific or very general, depending on their intended use. The focus of this lesson is on how to read and use topographical maps. Students will also learn to identify the common features of a map. Through the associated activities, students will learn how to use a compass to find bearing to an object on a map and in the classroom.
Students investigate passive solar building design with a focus solely on heating. They learn how insulation, window placement, thermal mass, surface colors, and site orientation play important roles in passive solar heating. They use this information to design and build their own model houses, and test them for thermal gains and losses during a simulated day and night. Teams compare designs and make suggestions for improvements.