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Investigating One Step Slides and

Flips with a Geoboard


Investigating Slides
A slide is when a shape moves position without rotating or flipping. It is
also called a translation. Look at the shapes below. Each shape has moved
through a one step slide.

What do you notice?


• It looks the same
• Same size
• Same features
• Same shape
The triangle at The triangle after
the beginning. a one step slide.
Your turn to try! Look at the shape below. Build it on your geoboard.

Next, build it again,


this time after a one
step slide.

What do you notice?

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Investigating One Step Slides and Flips with a Geoboard

Now you choose a shape. Build it on your geoboard and draw it here:

Build it again, after a one step slide. What does it look like now?

What do you notice?

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Investigating One Step Slides and Flips with a Geoboard

Investigating Flips
A flip is when a shape is flipped or reflected across a line, creating a
mirror image.

What do you notice?


• It is the same size
• It has the same features
• It is a mirror image
of the original shape

The shape at The shape after


the beginning. a one step flip.

Your turn to try! Look at the shape below. Build it on your geoboard.

Now, build it again. This time


after a one step flip.
What does your shape look like now?
What do you notice?

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Investigating One Step Slides and Flips with a Geoboard

Use your geoboard to create the different shapes. Draw your shape again
after the slide or flip and write down what you notice.

Flip the shape!


What do you notice?

Flip the shape!

What do you notice?

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Investigating One Step Slides and Flips with a Geoboard

Use your geoboard to create the different shapes. Draw your shape again
after the slide or flip and write down what you notice.

Flip the shape!


What do you notice?

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Investigating One Step Slides and Flips with a Geoboard

Use your geoboard to create a shape. Draw it in the box. Create the shape
again, after you have slid or flipped it. Draw how it looks now.

Before After the Slide/Flip What did you do?

Slide
Flip

Slide
Flip

Slide
Flip

Slide
Flip

Slide
Flip

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