Describing Rotations WORKSHEET
Suitable for Year groups: Year 9, Year 10
GCSE Tier: Foundation/Higher
Targeting grades: 4-5
Prerequisite knowledge: Carry out rotations using a given angle, direction, and centre of rotation. Reading and plotting coordinates on axes.
Learning Objective: Describe the results of rotations applied to given figures.
Describing Rotations WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
This worksheet guides students through the full process of identifying and describing rotations on a coordinate grid.
Section A develops fluency by asking pupils to decide whether a transformation from shape A to shape B is a rotation, helping them distinguish rotations from reflections and translations through close comparison of orientation and position.
Section B focuses on centres of rotation: learners choose whether point A, B, or C is the correct centre for a specified rotation, reinforcing visual reasoning about fixed points.
Section C brings all the skills together by requiring students to complete gap-fill statements that fully describe a single rotation, selecting the correct angle, direction, and centre of rotation.
This structured progression supports a clear conceptual understanding of rotational transformations.
Section A develops fluency by asking pupils to decide whether a transformation from shape A to shape B is a rotation, helping them distinguish rotations from reflections and translations through close comparison of orientation and position.
Section B focuses on centres of rotation: learners choose whether point A, B, or C is the correct centre for a specified rotation, reinforcing visual reasoning about fixed points.
Section C brings all the skills together by requiring students to complete gap-fill statements that fully describe a single rotation, selecting the correct angle, direction, and centre of rotation.
This structured progression supports a clear conceptual understanding of rotational transformations.
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Describe the results of rotations applied to given figures.