Transformation: Year 9 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 9 is for the topic of Transformation. Students explore and develop their understanding of the enlargement transformation using dynamic geometry software. They will investigate what changes and what remains the same when a shape or object is enlarged. Students will look for patterns in the changes to area and volume of enlarged shapes or objects.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Planning support, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies, Student task, Home practice tasks
Format	Web page
Keywords	lesson plans, assessment task, teaching strategies, pedagogies, Australian Curriculum, learning from home, misconceptions
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Space
Topics	Transformation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M9SP02 Apply the enlargement transformation to shapes and objects using dynamic geometry software as appropriate; identify and explain aspects that remain the same and those that change
Numeracy progression	Understanding geometric properties (P7) Proportional thinking (P7)
Copyright details
Organisation	Commonwealth of Australia
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