Math Symmetry Games & Websites for Kids

Symmetry Games & Websites for Kids

Kids and teens will have fun exploring symmetry with these 15+ symmetry games and websites.  The games and sites include line symmetry, rotational symmetry, reflection, and congruency.  There are also detailed instructions for activities kids can do to practice using symmetry, such as origami and snowflake construction.
 
 
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BBC Bitesize Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

BBC Schools
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
BBC Bitesize Symmetry offers lessons, examples and practice for elementary age children in reflection and rotational symmetry.
 
 
BBC Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

BBC Schools
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle (6-8)
Here is a review (revision), activity and test on the concepts of line symmetry, regular polygons and rotational symmetry. The activity interactive includes options for sound and subtitles....
 
 
Bisecting Figures

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Author/Host of Website

E-Lab/Harcourt School Publishers
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
From site: You will use a line of symmetry to bisect plane figures. You will discover that a line of symmetry has many important properties.
 
 
Drawing with Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

Eric Mueller/Howe-to Software
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
Students can increase their understanding of reflective, inverse and rotational symmetry by using the Drawing with Symmetry applet to draw using an X / Y axis plane. ...
 
 
Geometry Session 7: Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

Annenberg Media
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
From site:  Symmetry is one of the most important ideas in mathematics. There can be symmetry in an algebraic calculation, in a proof, or in a geometric design. It's...
 
 
Introduction to Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

Dorsey, Hanifl, Kannel & Thomson
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
From site:  This site is designed for students and teachers interested in exploring symmetry (grades 7-12). It contains lesson plans, definitions, examples, activities, and links to other web sites....
 
 
Kali: Symmetric Sketching

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Author/Host of Website

Science U/Geometry Technologies
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
Pick a color, pick a pattern, and draw your own symmetrical pattern.
 
 
Line Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

LINKS Learning
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
This is an introduction to line symmetry. It makes extensive use of graphics and pictures to illustrate the concepts. The concepts include lines of symmetry and reflection,...
 
 
Mathematical Thinking Through Origami

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Author/Host of Website

Daniel & Jeanine Meyer
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site: On this site, we offer general and specific strategies for using activities based on origami to invoke mathematical thinking. Origami refers to the Japanese art of...
 
 
Polar Origami

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Author/Host of Website

Michael LaFosse/Peabody Essex Museum
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
Polar Origami offers a series of 2-5 minute videos showing how to fold a variety of origami creatures. The instructor tells a story that accompanies each creature while...
 
 
Show Me Line Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

HMH School Publishers
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
This is a brief narrative demonstration of line symmetry and questions asking students to identify lines of symmetry in a few figures.
 
 
Symmetrical Patterns Online

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Author/Host of Website

Joe Edkins/demon.co.uk
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
From site:  This website is about symmetry. It has a couple of exercises for learning about reflective and rotational symmetry, and some examples to practise identifying symmetry. It also...
 
 
Symmetry

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Author/Host of Website

Jo Edkins
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
There are explanations of reflective and rotational symmetry, activities for practice identifying symmetry and activities for children to make their own symmetrical objects, including snowflakes. For teachers, there...
 
 
Symmetry and Pattern of Oriental Carpets

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Author/Host of Website

Textile Museum/Math Forum @ Drexel
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site:  ORIENTAL CARPETS have long been appreciated for their beauty. That beauty is achieved through the choice of colors and designs, as well as by the manipulation of...
 
 
Symmetry and Tessellations

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Author/Host of Website

Jill Britton
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
The author of "Investigating Patterns: Symmetry and Tessellations" offers dozens of activities in learning symmetry that correspond to her book. Some of the areas explored are symmetry in the...
 
 
 
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