Learning About Symmetry

Finish the Fish
Math/Art When teaching symmetry, provide the students with several half-drawn pictures and ask them to complete the drawing by taping a part of a picture to a new sheet of drawing paper and adding on the missing parts. Use plants, animals, designs, etc. Then have students make drawings of their own to cut in half. What things will work to prove symmetry? What things won't?

On The Trail With Symmetry
Students will recognize symmetrical and non symmetrical designs. Students will create symmetrical and non symmetrical patterns with bandannas.

Line of Symmetry
Each student will create individual lines of symmetry by using their name.

Butterfly Unit – Symmetry Lesson
The objective of this lesson is to teach the children about the word and the concept of symmetry.

Draw Lines of Symmetry: Printable Worksheet
The following printable worksheets are about symmetry. For each picture, students can draw the line(s) of symmetry, if there is one.