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TRANSLATION,

ROTATION AND

REFLECTION

• Ask the children to build the following shapes and then
state whether the shapes have been translated,
rotated or reflected.

1. (translation) 4. (rotation)

2. (rotation) 5. (reflection)

3. (rotation)

ROTATION

Rotation means turning around a centre point.

• Working in groups of 4, the children work
with their 6 bricks.
• The first child uses 2 bricks to create a
structure.
• The 2nd child then rotates the structure
and uses his / her own bricks to build the
rotation.
• The 3rd and 4th child then rotate the
structure a further 90 degrees each - thus
showing a full rotation.
• This exercise can be done in a clockwise or
anti-clockwise rotation.
• Similar activities can be done using more
than 2 bricks.

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