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Cuemath

Cuemath: Coordinate Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about Coordinate geometry with definitions, the coordinate plane, formulas, equation of a line, related topics, solved examples, and practice questions.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The History of the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Lesson Plan
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.
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PBS

Pbs: Horizontal and Vertical Distances on the Cartesian Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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...
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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.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: What's in a Name? Explorations in the Coordinate Plane From

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will plot points in a coordinate plane and reflect those points across the axes using a MIRA and then using the graphing calculator STAT, STAT PLOT, and GRAPH menus graph the image on the graphing calculator screen.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Translations on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use the activity center in TI-Navigator to discover a generalization for translating ordered pairs in a coordinate plane.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Discovering the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The student will graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane and use graphing to solve problems involving cartography.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of the activity is for students in a beginning algebra course to review the x-y coordinate plane using Cabri Jr.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to practice plotting points in the coordinate plane and finding the areas of polygons. This task assumes that students already understand how to find areas of polygons by decomposing them into...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.g Meerkat Coordinate Plane Task

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to answer questions about a problem situation by drawing and interpreting the meaning of points that are in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane. Aligns with 5.G.A.2.
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Other

The Coordinate Plane: Graphs & Graphing Calculators

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site provides exercises for graphing on the coordinate plane including distance formula, midpoint formula, graphs of equations, and graphing using a calculator.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the coordinate plane with this reference guide. Provides detailed definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation.
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Problem Solving With the Coordinate Plane

For Students 5th Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in problem solving with the coordinate plane.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Intro to the Coordinate Plane and Coordinates Discussion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains a brief introduction to the cartesian coordinate system.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Effects of Density and Volume of a Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will investigate why the Cartesian diver dives and rises in a 2 liter bottle. They will also, through their own discovery, come up with a question and then change one variable and record their results. Students...
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: The Rectangular Coordinate System

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find step-by-step examples to help learn four objectives based on ordered pairs in a Cartesian coordinate system.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and the ideal gas law as a Cartesian diver moves within a closed system.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Polar and Cartesian Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about polar and cartesian coordinates. The tutorial consists of notes and examples.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quadrilateral Problems on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Challenge problems involving the coordinates of the vertices of the quadrilaterals Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Area and Perimeter on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Find the area and perimeter of quadrilaterals using their coordinates. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
University of Vienna (Austria)

Maths Online: Drawing Plane and Coordinate System

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interact with these Applets on the Cartesian coordinates, the Coordinate system, the Polar coordinates, and the Oblique coordinates.
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Other

Desmos: The (Awesome) Coordinate Plane Activity

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students investigate plotting coordinates in four quadrants in this activity where they try to hit the bullseye of a target, connect dots, and navigate mazes.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Graphing and Applying Coordinate Dilations

For Students 7th - 8th
Given a coordinate plane or coordinate representations of a dilation, the student will graph dilations and use those graphs to solve problems.