IM Geo.3.6 Lesson: Connecting Similarity and Transformations
What’s wrong with this dilation?
Why is not a dilation of ?
Sort the cards into categories of your choosing. Be prepared to explain the meaning of your categories.
Your teacher will assign you one card. Write the sequence of transformations (translation, rotation, reflection, dilation) to take one figure to the other.
For all the cards that could include a dilation, what scale factor is used to go from Figure to Figure ?
What scale factor is used to go from Figure to Figure ?
Find a sequence of transformations that takes Figure G to Figure F.
How does this sequence compare to the sequence that took Figure to Figure ?
Are the triangles similar?
Write a sequence of transformations (dilation, translation, rotation, reflection) to take one triangle to the other.
Write a similarity statement about the 2 figures, and explain how you know they are similar.
Compare your statement with your partner’s statement. Is there more than one correct way to write a similarity statement? Is there a wrong way to write a similarity statement?