Curated OER
Rectangular Coordinate System
Everything you need to understand the rectangular coordinate system is explained in this easy to follow video. Great for elementary to middle schoolers learning about plotting points, graphing, and locating points on a coordinate grid....
Curated OER
What is the Y-Coordinate?
How are ordered pairs, coordinate points, and graphing related to each other. What is the importance of the y-coordinate? Does it matter what order you write an ordered pair in? Yes! The y-coordinate is always written second. Always! And...
Corbett Maths
Coordinates and Shapes
Where is the point? Given three points on the coordinate plane, the video walks through the steps to find the location of the fourth point to create a given special quadrilateral. The narrator first determines the coordinates of the...
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Graph to Reflect a Figure Over the X-Axis?
A reflection is just what you think it is, a mirror image. So how do you reflect a figure on a graph? Just flip it over. The teacher illustrates how to select a line of reflection (the x-axis) and make the calculations to flip the figure.
Anywhere Math
Polygons in the Coordinate Plane
You'll be ready to plot something after a lesson on coordinate geometry! The video instructor begins by discussing how to plot four points to create a quadrilateral. The second example demonstrates finding the area and perimeter from the...
FuseSchool
Finding the Midpoint of 2 Coordinates
Demonstrate how to find the midpoint between two ordered pairs. A detailed video lesson connects finding the midpoint to finding the average of the coordinates of the ordered pairs. Using a graph helps to visually reinforce the concept.
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Graph to Translate a Figure Horizontally?
Transformations. Learn a little bit of geometry. See how to translate a geometric figure on a coordinate plane horizontally by sliding it over. Simply pick a point on the figure and count the units you want to move it. Then repeat that...
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Graph to Translate a Figure Vertically?
Transformations. Learn a little bit of geometry. See how to translate a geometric figure on a coordinate plane vertically by sliding it over. Simply pick a point on the figure and count the units you want to move it. Then repeat that for...
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Graph to Translate a Figure Diagonally?
This presentation is pretty straightforward in illustrating how to translate a figure on the coordinate plane. Watch the instructor follow the directions to translate the figure four units to the right and six units down.
Virtual Nerd
How Do You Use a Graph to Reflect a Figure Over the Y-Axis?
A reflection is just what you think it is, a mirror image. So how do you reflect a figure on a graph? Just flip it over. The teacher illustrates how to select a line of reflection (the y-axis) and make the calculations to flip the figure.
Curated OER
How Do You Use Coordinates to Reflect a Figure Over the X-Axis?
Perform a reflection of a figure over the x-axis. This seems pretty straightforward. But also learn how to use the coordinates to reflect a figure.
Curated OER
How Do You Use Coordinates to Reflect a Figure Over the Y-Axis?
Perform a reflection of a figure over the y-axis. This seems pretty straightforward. But also learn how to use the coordinates to reflect a figure.
Corbett Maths
Transformations of Graphs
Geometric transformations in algebra ... what? Given four transformations, the narrator explains how each affect the graph of the original function. The transformations involve translations and reflections, both horizontally and...
National Education Association
Use Coordinate Geometry to Represent and/or Solve Problems
A geometry video explains how to solve for midpoint, length of a line, and use the Pythagorean Theorem. It includes multiple guided practice problems for all three equations.
CK-12 Foundation
Slope in the Coordinate Plane: Lesson
Rise and run to find slope. Given a graph of a line, the presentation shows how to find the slope by determining the rise and the run. The resource, part of an extensive geometry playlist, reveals the four basic slopes of lines.
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Graph to Translate a Figure Horizontally?
Transformations. Learn a little bit of geometry. See how to translate a geometric figure on a coordinate plane horizontally by sliding it over. Simply pick a point on the figure and count the units you want to move it. Then repeat that...
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Graph to Translate a Figure Vertically?
Transformations. Learn a little bit of geometry. See how to translate a geometric figure on a coordinate plane vertically by sliding it over. Simply pick a point on the figure and count the units you want to move it. Then repeat that for...
Flipped Math
Equations of Lines in the Coordinate Plane
What, you mean there is algebra in a Geometry class? Pupils review graphing and writing the equations of lines in slope-intercept form. The instruction follows the "I do, we do, you do" framework of a lesson. The instructor first...
Khan Academy
Distance Formula, Analytic Geometry, Geometry
Explaining the distance formula as "an application of the Pythagorean Theorem" might relieve some of your young mathematicians who are scratching their heads at all the new concepts. Sal demonstrates how to take the distance between any...
Curated OER
What is a Line of Reflection?
Line of reflection is basically a geometry term used in the transformation of figures. It identifies the line on the graph that you reflect a figure over. The line can be vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. Actually, it can be any line...
Curated OER
What is a Rotation?
Transformations, isn't that geometry? The instructor illustrates how to rotate a shape around a fixed point on a graph, keeping the shape the same size.
Curated OER
What is a Transformation?
A transformation is the process of changing the graph of a figure or a shape. The instructor introduces the four most common transformations: reflection, dilation, rotation, and translation. So watch as she draws the transformations on a...
Mathispower4u
Midpoint of a Segment (Example)
Finding the midpoint is as simple as finding the middle. Given a graph of a segment, a video tutorial demonstrates how to find the midpoint. The instructor uses the midpoint formula and then reinforces the calculations with the graph.
Curated OER
How Do You Translate a Polynomial Function Vertically?
Want to move a graphed function up or down? This is called a function translation. This video looks at translating a cubic function up three units. It considers the function in standard form, the graph of the function, and a table of...