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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Ordered Pairs

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Using an amusing amusement park, Sam describes how it is a coordinate plane and how to graph an ordered pair. Perfect for beginners, the animation moves on to point out a tip using the first quadrant of an empty coordinate plane.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Battle Ship Using Grid Paper

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
You sank my battleship! The iconic cry of the time-honored game, Battleship will be heard in classrooms with this learning game that requires only grid paper, pencils, and an introductory knowledge of the first quadrant of the coordinate...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Walking the Plank

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a cool math activity. Kids collect and interpret data based on a physical act. A board is balanced between a scale and a step, learners record a peer's weight as it decreases while s/he walks further away from the scale. They...
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Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Graphs from Patterns

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Fifth graders analyze patterns and begin looking at function tables. This is a pertinent preparation for graphing patterns. In fact, consider giving your class a piece of graph paper and then teach them how!
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PPT
Curated OER

Visualizing and Naming Polygons

For Teachers 5th - 6th
A really useful resource contains 116 slides covering basic geometric concepts related to 2-D or plane shapes. Shape properties, translations, reflections, congruence, symmetry, and grid work are all laid out in a comprehensive and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scatter-Brained

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. They create a scatterplot. Additionally, they determine the line of best fit and investigate the slope of the line. Multiple resources are provided. An excellent resource!
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Lesson Plan
K20 Learn

Whoopsies, Graphing Edition: Coordinate Plane Graphing

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
How do you handle common mistakes in your classroom? A graphing activity prepares scholars to recognize common misconceptions when graphing ordered pairs. The activity concentrates on three common graphing mistakes.
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Interactive
PHET

Function Builder

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Build confidence about functions with the function builder. Pupils learn about functions and transformations using an interactive. A function machine transforms pictures, numbers, and equations based on a function rule. A mystery...
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Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 6th Grade Math – Target H

For Teachers 6th Standards
Knowing the surface area certainly helps when deciding how much paint to buy before a project. Scholars solve for surface area, as well as volume and area, as part of the presentation from Grade 6 Claim 1 Item Slide Shows. Geometric...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Target E

For Teachers 8th Standards
One of several presentations of eighth grade sample items looks at the basics of functions. Smarter Balanced sample items for Target E highlights the way function content shows up on the assessments. The presentation contains eight items...
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Activity
101 Questions

Ants Marching

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Your classroom will be rockin' during an toe-tapping lesson! Dave Matthews inspires a lesson on proportions as youth listen to a song and predict its length. Lesson materials provide learners with ordered pairs that mark the time slider...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Simple Coordinates Game

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Let coordinate pairs show you the way home. Scholars plot houses on a coordinate plane with given coordinates using an interactive app. Alternatively, they can identify the coordinates of houses already plotted on a coordinate plane.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Ordered Simple Plot

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Open your imagination to make algebra-inspired creations. An interactive lesson has scholars graph images from a set of parameters. Users can practice minimum values, maximum values, and scale as well as key features.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Simple Maze Game

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Avoid the mines and win the game! Young scholars direct a robot through a minefield by plotting points. Their goal is to reach the target in as few moves as possible.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Existence: One-to-One Functions and Inverses

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
One-to-one means the answer is simple, right? Given four graphs, pupils use a vertical line to test each graph to find out if they are one-to-one. By using the resource, learners realize that not all one-to-one relations are functions....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Function Rules for Input-Output Tables: Soda Sugar Function Table

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Examine the relationship between the input and output variables in a table of values. As learners build an input-output table using online manipulatives, they begin to identify patterns. They answer questions about these patterns and...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ordered Pairs in Four Quadrants

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
One quadrant just isn't enough. Pupils learn to plot points in the four quadrants of a coordinate plane using an interactive. A set of challenge questions tests their understanding of the skill.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

What's the Point?

For Teachers 6th Standards
Point your class in the right direction in plotting points with three activities that give scholars a chance to learn about and practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. They draw figures on the coordinate plane and list out the...
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Worksheet
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Math Drills

Christmas Cartesian Art Santa

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Santa has his eye on you in a graphing activity that has young mathematicians plot ordered pairs on a Cartesian plane. After joining the points together, a picture of jolly Santa Claus comes to life.
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Worksheet
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Math Drills

Christmas Cartesian Art Holly

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Happy Holly Days! Get the class graphing points on a coordinate plane with a worksheet that turns ordered pairs into works of Cartesian art.
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Worksheet
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Math Drills

Christmas Cartesian Art Tree

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Spruce up graphing practice with an activity that has young mathematicians plot points on a coordinate plane, and then connect the points to create a Christmas tree.
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Worksheet
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Math Drills

Thanksgiving Cartesian Art: Pilgrim Hat

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
What did some Pilgrims wear on top of their heads? Individuals graph sets of ordered pairs, and connect the points to create a mystery Thanksgiving picture.
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Worksheet
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Math Drills

Thanksgiving Cartesian Art: Turkey

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
What does a turkey like to eat on Thanksgiving? Nothing, it's already stuffed. Turkey enthusiasts graph points on a Cartesian coordinate system
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Worksheet
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Math Drills

Thanksgiving Cartesian Art: Pumpkin

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Not a Halloween jack-o-lantern, but a Thanksgiving pumpkin! Young mathematicians graph and connect points on a coordinate system to unveil the mystery picture.