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Here is a graphing lesson which invites learners to plot ten points on a Cartesian coordinate graph. They use ordered pairs, and play a game to practice this skill with a partner.
Working independently or in teams, your class practices connecting graphs, formulas and words. This lesson includes a guided discussion about distance vs. time graphs and looking at how velocity changes over time.
Your mathematicians can discover a picture through coordinate graphing. In order to find the image, learners must plot 54 points on a Cartesian graph and then connect the dots. This is a motivating way to get your class to practice graphing Cartesian coordinates.
Students demonstrate industrial literacy. They conduct problem solving, graphing, note taking, and self management skills. They construct then plot, Absolute and Relative Cartesian Coordinates and Absolute and Relative Polar Coordinates.
Students explore the concept of the coordinate plane. In this coordinate plane lesson, students graph points on the coordinate plane using an applet. Students graph functions using an applet. Students play a Maze Game where they must use coordinates to solve the maze.
The class has a brief review of polar and Cartesian coordinates. Then they get to play battleship and discover polar coordinates in more depth. They get a lot of practice converting from polar to Cartesian coordinate points and vice versa. Sounds like fun!!
High schoolers use a map to the limestone cave that they created using clay and sugar cubes using Cartesian coordinates as a guide to help them recreate a blueprint of the interior of their cave.
Students reflect, rotate, translate, and dilate figures in the Cartesian coordinate plane using grid paper and dot paper. They use transformations (i.e., reflections, translations, rotations, and dilations) to describe geometric patterns in the Cartesian plane.
Students use a map and the Cartesian coordinate system to establish a grid system over an archaeological site, labeling each grid unit. They also determine the location of artifacts within each grid unit and construct a scientific inquiry concerning the location of artifacts on the site.
Students examine how archaeologists preserve context of sites through use of rectangular grid or Cartesian coordinate system, and develop sense of distance by pacing off and estimating distances.