Transformation Geometry Overview and Practice

Learn all about an overview of Transformation Geometry in this full lesson video!

Grade 8 Maths

Term 4

Transformation Geometry

CAPS aligned

Content covered in this Transformation Geometry Overview and Practice lesson:

  • In this lesson, you will learn about an overview of Transformation Geometry – part of the Transformation Geometry topic covered in Term 4 of the Grade 8 Mathematics curriculum (CAPS).

Concepts you will learn in this Transformation Geometry Overview and Practice lesson:

  • Transforming points and shapes

    Translation transformations

    • Horizontal translations
    • Vertical translations

    Reflection transformations

    • Reflections in the x-axis
    • Reflections in the y-axis

    Rotation transformations

    • 90° clockwise rotations about the origin
    • 90° anticlockwise rotations about the origin
    • 180° rotations about the origin

    Enlargement and reduction transformations

    • Enlargement and reduction transformations with the origin as the centre of enlargement or reduction
    • Area and perimeter of shapes that have been enlarged or reduced

    Describing transformations in words

    Calculating area and perimeter of shapes that have been enlarged or reduced

Lesson format:

  • During the video, I spend time teaching and explaining about the concepts covered in the lesson.
  • I give full examples where I show you how to answer problems, showing all working out.
  • You will have a chance to work on practice examples with a timer – this will help you to get used to working with a time limit (a necessary skill for when you need to do tests and exams).
  • I go through all the practice examples in detail after you have had time to complete them, so that you can see how you did – and where you went wrong if you made mistakes.

Get the worksheet that goes with this lesson

The worksheet includes the examples I go through in the lesson – and in some cases there may be sections that you can fill in on the worksheet instead of needing to copy everything down during the lesson (like tables etc).

The worksheet also comes with an extra exercise for you to use to practice the concepts taught in this lesson after you have finished the video.

Additionally, the worksheet includes answer sheets – with fully worked out solutions, so you can check your work and see how to complete the problems in the exercise step-by-step.

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