It is a kid friendly search engine. It does still have Google ads across
the top and down the side. There is not an image search, but all the
websites it pulled seemed great for elementary ages.
The word transform means "to change." In geometry, a transformation changes the position of a shape on a coordinate plane. What that really means is that a shape is moving from one place to another. There are three basic transformations:
Flip (Reflection)
Slide (Translation)
Turn (Rotation)
Being able to visualize the movement of a shape is very important. The SMARTBoard mini-movies below show a letter, or a polygon (after all, block letters are really just polygons), in their original positions before being transformed. By clicking the play button, we are able to watch the path the letter takes while being transformed and see their ending positions after the slide, flip, or turn has taken place.
Steve Hargadon's blog - founder of Classroom 2.0 and Future of Eduction Ning. Is constantly creating online mini conferences for teachers, admins, and techies
Steve Hargadon's blog - founder of Classroom 2.0 and Future Teacher Ning. Is constantly creating online mini conferences for teachers, admins, and techies