Geometric thinking resources

Students identify the axes of symmetry, and the order of symmetry of four geometrical shapes. The information is recorded in a table.

This task requires students to draw, on a grid, an enlargement of a radio station logo. The scale factor and the centre of enlargement are given. Students answer a question about the area of the original compared to the enlarged logo.

From diagrams of four original and enlarged drawings to be used for Christmas wrapping paper, students identify the scale factor used and find a missing length on either the enlarged picture or the original picture.

This task requires students to enlarge two patterns on a grid using centres of enlargement and scale factors.

Students identify which square, from a selection of five, is the original square resized by a given scale factor.

From three different sized animal pictures and their enlargements, students are required to identify the scale factor and the length of an unknown side.

Students colour and cut out 4 shapes and fit them together to make tessellating patterns.

Students identify the centre of enlargement and the scale factor for an enlargement on a grid.

Using isometric dots, students enlarge a 3-dimensional shape by a scale factor of 2.

In this practical task, students arrange triangles and hexagons to create tessellating patterns.

Using shapes on grids, students translate points by different vectors.

Using shapes on grids, students translate points by different vectors.

On grids, students enlarge shapes by different scale factors through given centres of enlargement.

Students identify the centre of rotation and the number of degrees through which a rectangle has been rotated. They then rotate it in a different direction.

Using shapes on grids, students translate points by different vectors.

In a shape made up of triangles, students identify lines of symmetry for pairs of triangles and identify pairs of triangles which reflect through a line of symmetry.

Students identify vectors that describe shape translations.

Students enlarge a diagram to a given scale.

Students identify what shapes look like when rotated through half and quarter turns.

Students identify what a shape plus its image will look like when reflected in a given mirror line.

Students complete a table about angle properties of four geometrical shapes.

Students compare different types of quadrilateral shapes and answer questions about which of a pair is a special case of the other one.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks involving symmetry, shape and angle identification, and reflection.

Students build a rectangular prism and identify some of the interior right-angled triangles.

Students build a triangular prism and identify some of the interior right-angled triangles.