Traditional Transformations, Part 3

By: Michell Eike | 90-105 minutes | Rotations: Plains Star Quilts In this lesson, students will explore the culture of the Plains tribes and their Star Quilts. They will then use patterns to explore rotations and discover algebraic rules for common rotations. Students will apply what they learn to create their own quilt block and demonstrate their understanding of rotations and rotational symmetry. Prerequisite vocabulary knowledge for this lesson includes transformation, preimage, image, and rigid motion, which are all included in the Traditional Transformations, Part 1 lesson. This is the third lesson of five in the "Traditional Transformations" lesson series. The full lesson is available at https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/lesson/2882.

By Michell Eike