Transformations in the Coordinate Plane with Matrices - Discovery Activity

Help students discover some of the rules for transforming matrices in the coordinate plane. This discovery investigation gives students four problems where they have to apply matrix operations to a coordinate matrix representing a geometric figure. There is one problem representing each type of transformation - translation, rotation, reflection, and dilation. Students are to discover what type of transformation the matrix operation produces.

Also included in this resource is a short reference sheet for students' notes of all of the transformations on matrices in the coordinate plane. A suggested lesson plan for implementation is included.

This activity is intended to be used after students have learned matrix addition, scalar multiplication, and matrix multiplication.

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