Describing Movements
Describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down
Lesson
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Describe a translation with horizontal and vertical units.
Before teaching
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Learning resources
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PhET Interactive Simulations · Practice link — not the full lesson
Area Builder
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Area Builder supports hands-on exploration for Describing Movements. Not every lab worksheet.
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Public PhET Interactive Simulations page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
PhET Interactive Simulations. “Area Builder.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Describe moving from (2,3) to (5,3) as 3 units to the right
- Translate a shape 4 units right and 2 units up and state the new coordinates
- Predict where a point will be after a given translation
“If a shape is at position (2, 3) on a grid and you tell your child to move it four squares right and two squares up, can they work out its new position without drawing it first?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Geometry
- Age range
- Ages 8–12
Standards