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Graph Mole
Practice graphing ordered pairs by playing an online graphing game. Learners will discover why it is useful to plot coordinates on a xy plane. Graph Mole, is the online game that allows them to practice through a fun, interactive story....
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Reading Graphs
Encourage kids to read line graphs with confidence using these examples and accompanying comprehension questions. Learners examine two graphs and answer four questions about each. This is definitely intended for beginners to this type of...
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Location on a Grid
Make coordinate pairs more engaging by having beginners color-code a grid based on given locations. The grid has numbers along the y-axis and letters along the x-axis, introducing them to the ordering of coordinate pairs with the x-axis...
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Coordinates
For beginning point plotters, these graphs give a good introduction. They examine a graph with shapes drawn onto it and each vertex labeled. There are 20 total, and scholars write the coordinates of each labeled point. All of these are...
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Coordinate Pairs: An Introduction
Ordered pairs, the x and y-axis - sounds like it's time to introduce learners to the plotting points on a graph! This presentation is great as it introduces the concept, provides an example of how to use a coordinate plane, and then...
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Perplexing Puzzles
Elementary and middle schoolers explore scatter plots. In this graphing lesson, pupils work in small groups and use jigsaw puzzles to develop a scatter plot. Younger students may develop a bar graph.
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All Kinds of Hats Graphing Fun
Where are the hats located? A graphing activity has mathematicians finding coordinates to give exact locations of ten hats scattered on a grid. An example is done for them. Consider showing learners this skill by putting hats around the...
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Countdown Challenge: Coordinate Plane
In this coordinate plane learning exercise, students find the coordinates on a graph and discover a word or phrase. They plot 27 ordered pairs on three coordinate planes. This is a one-page learning exercise.
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Play Battleship on Graph Paper
Who says learning can't be enjoyable? Your class will love identifying the x axis and y axis of a coordinate plane and plotting various points when it's dressed up in the guise of a Battleship game. Rather than sets of the actual game,...
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Gummy Bear Picture Graph
First graders investigate picture graphs. In this graphing instructional activity, 1st graders create a picture graph with the x-axis being number and the y-axis being color. Students sort their gummy bears by color and use pictures of...
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Graphs, Stories, And Games
In this graphs lesson, students read stories and present story situations on a graph. They explore distance and diameter and explain graphs. Students create their own stories to fit graphs.
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Making a Line Graph
In this line graph activity, students use data given in a table and assign axes, make a scale, plot data and make a line or curve on their constructed graphs.
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Explore Graphs of Linear Equations
In this linear equation worksheet, learners graph linear equations and identify the intersection of the y-axis. There are twelve problems provided on this one-page worksheet. Coordinate planes are printed on the worksheet for the...
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Introducing the Concept: Ordered Pairs
Pupils review ordered pairs. In this graphing instructional activity, students review ordered pairs with the teacher. This instructional activity includes a brief teacher script to help guide the pupils in understanding.
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VARIABLES AND PATTERNS, USE AFTER INVESTIGATION THREE. DISCRETE OR CONTINUOUS LINEAR RELATIONS.
Learners discover for which kind of linear function is appropriate to use the "scatter" or the "connected" term. In this lesson, students investigate functions using variables, patterns book, graph paper, rulers and the graphit program.
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The Coordinate Plane
In this coordinate plane worksheet, learners identify and name ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. They plot and label points on a coordinate plane. This one-page worksheet contains 23 problems.
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Position, Velocity & Acceleration vs. Time Graphs
In this graphing worksheet, learners determine the speed vs. time and acceleration vs. time plots based on the velocity vs. time graph given. Students complete 2 graphs.
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Quiz: Reflection in a Point
In this reflection activity, students read short statements about reflecting a point or an image over the x-axis in a coordinate plane. They identify the location of the given coordinates and determine if the statement is true or false....
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Plotting Points
In this plotting points worksheet, students are given eight points to plot on a coordinate plane. Afterward, they plot eight additional points and then translate the points according to given instructions. This one-page worksheet...
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Compound Locus
For this compound locus worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different problems related to compound locus. First, they determine the number of points in a plane that is units from a given line and from a given point on a line....
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Graphing Coordinates
Sixth graders practice graphing coordinates. In this geometry activity, they use the x and y axis to locate points that must be connected in the right sequence to form a straight line.