Enlarging the bird

Enlarging the bird

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about enlargement with a scale factor.

Practical task
On your sheet there is a bird on a grid.

Draw a new bird that is enlarged by a scale factor of 2 anywhere on the grid.

 

 

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
 
Equipment
One cage outline per student.
  • This task assesses students' knowledge of enlargement.
  • This assessment activity can be carried out with one student at a time or by observing a group of students.
Level:
3
Description of task: 
Students use their knowledge of transformation to complete an enlargement of a bird by a scale factor of two.
Learning Progression Frameworks
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Answers/responses: 

 

 

2 marks (for completely correct)
or
1 mark (for 1-3 errors in length of sides)

The enlargement must have all sides 2 times longer than the original. For example,

NOTE: Student responses will vary in the position they have drawn the enlargement.