Lesson Plan
PBS

Geometry: Hide and Seek

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
A geometry game that resembles Battleship is the foundation for hide and seek where "hiders" draw shapes on coordinate planes and "seekers" must guess the shape and its location based on questions and clues. Reproducible, paper-sized...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Point Comparisons

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Young geometers investigate two-dimensional figures using coordinate grids. They identify polygons and draw examples of their reflection, rotation, and translation on a coordinate grid. And they complete a worksheet practicing examples...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where is it?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use a coordinate grid. They investigate and discuss what caused certain objects to be in specific places. They choose a room in their home to map and place objects in specific locations.
PPT
Curated OER

Intersecting Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ninth graders know how to solve a system of linear equations, but what happens when the system involves an exponential function? The instructional slideshow teaches viewers to determine solutions to systems of equations with linear...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Rational and Not So Rational Functions

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Do not cross the line while graphing. Provided with several coordinate axes along with asymptotes, pupils determine two functions that will fit the given restrictions. Scholars then determine other geometrical relationships of asymptotes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Absolute Location Using GPS Technology

For Teachers 9th
GPS is great for identifying your position, but is it finding your relative or absolute location? Ninth graders explore the difference between absolute and relative location, use the standard grid system coordinate system, and use GPS to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Muckrakers Interdisciplinary Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete an Interdisciplinary Unit on the Muckrakers and the Progressive Movement. Students describe life in America and how Progressive Reformers changed it. identify specific problems and propose solutions. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Coordinate Geometry by Land, Sea and Outer Space.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a table of values and plot points, as well as construct a graph on a coordinate grid. They construct two graphs on the same coordinate system, and identify the point of intersection. Students represent and record...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Find the Shape

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners identify points on the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and also plot the ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. They also use properties of shapes to identify polygons such as triangles and quadrilaterals (square,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Graphing Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this graphing worksheet, students solve systems of linear equations by graphing on a coordinate plane. Given specific coordinates, students determine the line of intersection. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing System of Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve system of equation. In this algebra lesson, students graph, substitute and eliminate to solve system of equation. They identify the point of intersection and how many solution each system will have.
Unit Plan
EngageNY

Complex Numbers and Transformations

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Your learners combine their knowledge of real and imaginary numbers and matrices in an activity containing thirty lessons, two assessments (mid-module and end module), and their corresponding rubrics. Centered on complex numbers and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Industrialization, Chemicals and Human Health - Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the units of the metric system, and practice estimating measures before actually converting between the two systems of measurement. They participate in activities to visualize a concentration of one part per million....
Assessment
Achieve

Ground Beef

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Ever wonder how a butcher creates the different types of ground beef? Young mathematicians explore the methods butchers use to create their desired ground beef quality. Given a combination of two types of meat with varying...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Impossible Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners practice plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane while participating in a discussion about the Possible Or Not worksheet/activity. Students also use the Impossible Graphs worksheet to practice reading a graph,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Equations and Inequalities

For Students 9th
In this equations and inequalities worksheet, 9th graders solve and graph 8 different problems that include various systems of equations. First, they determine the solution to each set of system of equations. Then, students graph the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TE Activity: Nidy-Gridy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers make a grid and coordinate system map of their classroom as they investigate why it is important to have a common map making system. They look at how landmarks are used for navigating an area.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three D Constellations

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students are introduced to both celestial coordinates and to the first rung on the distance determination ladder. They convert spherical coordinates to Cartesian coordinates to construct a three dimensional model of a constellation...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Graphing Polar Equations

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this graphing polar equations activity, students solve and complete 10 various types of problems. First, they construct a table of values using the special angles and their multiples. Then, students plot the points in the table on a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earth, Sun and Moon

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners investigate that the sun is at the center of the solar system through role play. One student is the sun and one student is the Earth. The students then show how the Earth orbits around the sun. Learners view a flashlight and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line 'Em Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students find coordinate points on a grid and create a line graph with those points. This lesson should ideally be used during a unit on various types of graphs. They make and use coordinate systems to specify locations and to describe...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Distance Formula and Marching Nonviolently for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the distance formula using real world data from nonviolent marches for social change.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students investigate the marches of Gandhi and King using maps overlaid with a coordinate...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Residential Power System

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Perform data analysis on energy consumption to apply algebraic expressions to the real world. Learners will write and solve equations that answer various questions from residential power use. They will collect data at home and calculate...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solar System Vocab Word Search

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to space science. There are 21 words located in the puzzle.