Animal transformations

Animal transformations

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This task is about reflection, rotation, translation, and enlargement.
In each box below a picture of an animal has been transformed three times.
Describe the three transformations each animal goes through using the words
  • reflection,
  • rotation,
  • translation, or
  • enlargement.

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cats
a)  Select the three transformations that the cat goes through.
i)  What transformation did the cat go through for 1? translationreflectionrotationenlargement
ii)  What transformation did the cat go through for 2? translationreflectionenlargementrotation
iii) What transformation did the cat go through for 3? reflectionenlargementrotationtranslation

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rhinos
b)  Select the three transformations that the rhino goes through.
i)  What transformation did the rhino go through for 1? reflectionrotationtranslationenlargement
ii)  What transformation did the rhino go through for 2? enlargementtranslationrotationreflection
iii) What transformation did the rhino go through for 3? reflectionrotationenlargementtranslation

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elephants
c)  Select the three transformations that the elephant goes through.
i)  What transformation did the elephant go through for 1? enlargementrotationreflectiontranslation
ii) What transformation did the elephant go through for 2? reflectionrotationtranslationenlargement
iii) What transformation did the elephant go through for 3? enlargementrotationtranslationreflection

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bears
d)  Select the three transformations that the bear goes through.
i)  What transformation did the bear go through for 1? reflectionrotationtranslationenlargement
ii) What transformation did the bear go through for 2? translationrotationenlargementreflection
iii) What transformation did the bear go through for 3? reflectiontranslationrotationenlargement
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Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Transformation
Keywords: 
reflection, rotation, translation, enlargement
Description of task: 
This task requires students to describe the three transformations an animal picture has gone through, choosing from reflection, rotation, translation, and enlargement.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of rotation, translation, reflection and enlargement.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Geometric thinking, sets 3-4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  Y6 (11/2001)
a) Reflection
Translation
Reflection		 easy
easy
easy
b) Rotation
Reflection
Enlargement		 easy
easy
easy
c) Rotation
Enlargement
Translation		 easy
easy
moderate
d) Reflection
Enlargement
Enlargement (the term enlargement includes reduction).		 easy
easy
difficult
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Common errors

c)

Transformation 1 - 26% of students selected enlargement.
d) Transformation 3 - 34% of students selected translation.