Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Design Archaeology

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in their own excavation and measure and record as they go. In this archaeology lesson plan students divide into groups and solve the mystery of what they uncovered in their dig box.
Activity
Other

Worksheet Works: Coordinate Picture Graphing

For Students 2nd - 4th
Generate a worksheet for practice in how to plot coordinate pairs as you copy an image. Choose an image, the type of grid, the number of quadrants, and the layout, then download your worksheet in PDF format.
Graphic
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: What Are You Plotting?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This one page website is for practicing graphing ordered pairs. It lets you know right away if your choice is incorrect. At the bottom of the page their is a challenge with the solution just a click away.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Coordinate Cunning

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Play this game for two and learn how to graph ordered pairs on the coordinate plane at this one page website. You will know right away if you have the correct coordinates.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Graphing Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, graphing and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Locating Points on the Cartesian Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this interactive, students use clues and logic to plot the location of aquatic animals on a Cartesian graph that represents the four cardinal directions. The three riddles in the interactive, including one that requires students to...
Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: What's the Point? (Graphing Skills Game)

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This graphing game challenges players to supply the coordinates for points shown on a series of graphs and also to plot pairs of coordinates on simple Cartesian planes.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Cartesian Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This one page website lets you practice plotting points on the coordinate grid. See if you can find the missing coordinates to complete the shapes. When you are finished the solutions are only a click away.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Points on a Coordinate Grid

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a basic flipchart to review plotting coordinates on a coordinate grid.
Interactive
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Figuras Escondidas

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice graphing by playing a game in the Cartesian coordinates plane.
Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Looking for the Top Quark

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this interactive graphing game to practice plotting points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plain.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Does It Make a Difference Where You Shop?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A math investigation that uses scatter plots to compare prices of favorite soft drinks. Discover how valuable your skills in organizing and displaying data can be in real life scenarios.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformation Tease

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Follow the directions at this one page website. You will get lots of practice plotting points on the coordinate grid and experience with transformational geometry.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Treasure Island

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find what the ordered pairs are for each of the items on the map. This one page website will help you practice plotting points on the grid. You can check the answers right on the website.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Simple Maze Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this clever applet to move your robot to safe ordered pairs as it travels to its destination. This all takes place in the first quadrant. Direction are just a click away.