Understand scaling, dilation and their relation to similarity. 0606.4.8

Links verified on 7/14/2014

1. Dilation - Enlargement and Reduction - the concepts of similarity and scale factor as they relate to two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects
2. Dilations - explanation with several examples followed by questions to check for student understanding
3. Dilations - explanation and several good drawings to illustrate this concept
4. Dilations and Scale Factor - review from That Quiz to use before taking the test below
5. Dilations and Scale Factor - practice test from That Quiz
6. Dilations and Similarity - [designed for grade 9] definitions, examples, and a Flash animation video explanation
7. Explore Dilation - Drag the red points to explore dilation in the dynamic diagram. To reset to the original settings, type the letter "R" on the keyboard or
8. Geoboard - use this interactive applet to investigate similarity - from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives or
9. Similarity and Dilations - nine page document designed to look like a slide show
10. Tangrams - use this interactive applet to investigate similarity - from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives or
11. Transformations: Dilation - use this interactive applet to investigate dilation - from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives or

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