Links

Chapter 14: Location and Movement

Coordinates
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SimpleCoordinates/
This links to a game to practise coordinate skills.

Mazes
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.3/Part3.htm
The user can route a ladybug through a maze to practise positioning skills.

Tessellations
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/tesspag1.html
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tessellate/
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/
These link to sites that display a variety of tessellations created with 2-D shapes.

Transformations
http://www.mathsnet.net/transform/index.html
This link allows users to explore the effects of rotations, reflections, translations and dilatations.

http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/transformations.htm
This link uses what is called mapping notation on a coordinate grid to show the effects of transformations on the position of a shape on that grid.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_3.html
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/30921/
These links to applets that allow users to study each of rotation, reflection, translation, and dilatation independently.

Turtle Geometry
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_3.html
The use of turtle geometry allow a user to explore the effects of translations and rotations.