TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Next Dimension
The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. It is important for structural engineers to be confident graphing in 3D in order to be able to describe locations in space to fellow...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Cartesian Coordinate Plane
Find a quick, concise explanation of the Cartesian Coordinate Plane. Examples are given and various aspects of plotting points and graphing are described.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Polar and Cartesian Coordinates
Students learn about polar and cartesian coordinates. The tutorial consists of notes and examples.
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Graphing With Coordinates in the Plane
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University provides a good five-part basic graphing instructor. Covers all the basics clearly. It is divided into links for easier navigation.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The History of the Coordinate Plane
Everything you'd like to know about the coordinate plane can be found here! Who invented and named it, what vocabulary words have been associated with it, and what notations are connected with it. All this and more about the history of...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Rectangular Coordinates
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the Cartesian coordinate system. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to students who have...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Simple Coordinates Game
Investigate the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying the coordinates of randomly generated points, or requesting that a particular point be plotted.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: General Coordinates Game
Investigate the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying the coordinates of a randomly generated point, or requesting that a particular point be plotted.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Slope Slider
This activity allows the user to explore the relationship between slope and intercept in the Cartesian coordinate system.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Transmographer 2
Build your own polygon and transform it in the Cartesian coordinate system. Experiment with reflections across any line, rotations about any point, and translations in any direction.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Graphit
Create graphs of functions and sets of ordered pairs on the same coordinate plane. This is like a graphing calculator with advanced viewing options.
PBS
Pbs: Using the Pythagorean Theorem on the Cartesian Graph
In this interactive, students use logic and mathematical skill to place animals at the correct points on a Cartesian graph representing the cardinal directions. Then, they use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the distances between...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Locating Points on the Cartesian Graph
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...
PBS
Pbs: Horizontal and Vertical Distances on the Cartesian Graph
In this interactive, students use logic and mathematical skill to place aquatic animals at locations on a Cartesian graph with cardinal directions. Then, they determine both the vertical and horizontal distances between points. The...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cartesian Exploration Using the Ti Navigator System
In this activity sequence, using the TI-Navigator system, students control points in the xy-plane. Exploring this space freely and responding to prompts, the students will develop understanding and intuition that will guide their use of...
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa
Red Escolar: Figuras Escondidas
Practice graphing by playing a game in the Cartesian coordinates plane.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Interactive Cartesian Coordinates
The interactive learning activity investigates Cartesian coordinates.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Cartesian Coordinates
The tutorial examines Cartesian coordinates. The resource consists of detailed examples and explanations about the algebra concept.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: What Are You Plotting?
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.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Basic Algebra: Graphing X Y Points
Students learn how to plot points on a Cartesian graph. The tutorial explores the algebra concept through notes, examples, and practice exercises.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Coordenadas Polares Y Cartesianas
This activity will help you to visualize the representation of a point in a Cartesian plane and in a polar plane.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Three Dimensional Distance Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Two Dimensional Distance Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...