Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Cartesian Coordinate System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan contains a learning exercise for students to familiarize themselves with the Cartesian Coordinate System and its many uses in the world of mathematics. Contains links to explanations of terms and concepts associated with...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Students make connections between the coordinate grid and Geometry by finding the distance of line segments using the coordinate plane. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid (Day 2)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real-life examples. Space is needed since students will be actively moving! This lesson plan includes slides containing notes and...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan helps students understand how to graph ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. Lots of resources are available to teachers and students at this website.
Activity
Other

Soft Chalk Llc.: Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides short lesson reviews on how to plot points on a coordinate plane to form polygons. It also gives quick checks in between.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Using a Coordinate Grid (Day 1)

For Teachers 6th
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real life examples.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Introduction to the Cartesian Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This lesson consists of two PowerPoint presentations that use animation (motion) to demonstrate how to obtain a 1-1 mapping between a plane and ordered pairs of Real numbers. These can be teacher presented or if you have enough PCs...
Activity
Mathematics for Teaching

Mathematics for Teaching: What Is a Coordinates System?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Discusses a coordinate system, including coordinates and quadrants on a coordinate plane. A GeoGebra activity is provided.
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Plane Ole Plottinghttp

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students will develop an understanding of the Cartesian plane through questioning and reasoning. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of the four quadrants within the coordinate system.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Next Dimension

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The purpose of this lesson plan 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...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Lines, Rays, Line Segments, & Planes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This robust lesson plan for upper elementary and middle school grades introduces the concepts for lines, rays, line segments, and planes. Resources are linked to it and ready for your use.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Introduction to Coordinate Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to coordinate geometry. It provides definitions and examples that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 11.1 Descriptions of Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In a coordinate proof, geometric statements using algebra and the coordinate plane.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Arithmetic Practice W/ Ordered Pairs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to have students practice simple computation that results in them graphing their answers. If they are accurate they will have a straight line. Students use an interactive...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Plot Numbers on the Complex Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a complex number, plot its corresponding point on the complex plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Parallelogram: (Coordinate Geometry)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students are able to manipulate a parallelogram on a coordinate grid to explore properties of a parallelogram and then calculate the distance of the sides, altitude, and area. The resource also includes links to further explain important...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Drawing Polygons With Coordinates Challenge

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
More challenging problems involving drawing shapes on the coordinate plane.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reflections

For Students 7th - 8th
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore reflections both on and off of a coordinate plane.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this activity to practice how to enter a set of data, plot the data on a coordinate grid, and determine the equation for a line of best fit.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Translations

For Students 7th - 9th
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore translations both on and off of a coordinate plane.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Walk a Thon 1

For Teachers 5th - 7th
A performance task where students fill in the missing values on a table, plot the corresponding points in the coordinate plane, and find the two unit rates that are associated with this proportional relationship.
eBook
Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Functions and Graphing

For Students 6th - 7th
An overview of functions and graphing on a coordinate plane.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about planes with this useful reference guide. Provides a detailed definition and examples that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.