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Study Jams! Ordered Pairs

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Using an amusing amusement park, Sam describes how it is a coordinate plane and how to graph an ordered pair. Perfect for beginners, the animation moves on to point out a tip using the first quadrant of an empty coordinate plane.
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Curated OER

Transforming Triangles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. They visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. Finally, 6th graders write a paragraph telling...
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Curated OER

Graphing With RXTE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use data from the Rossi X-ray Tiiming Explorer (RXTE) satellite to analyze and graph.
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Curated OER

Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students gain practice reading coordinates and plotting points by participating in the Coordinates! Game. They demonstrate and test their skills with graph paper and the Maze Game.
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Curated OER

Trigonometry Review

For Students 11th - 12th
In this trigonometry instructional activity, students solve trigonometric equations, prove trigonometric identities, and graph trigonometric functions. The four page instructional activity contains sixteen...
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Curated OER

Coordinate Connections

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete several activities that involve coordinates and graph paper. They visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. Finally, 6th graders draw and label a coordinate...
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Curated OER

Chapter 3 Review

For Students 9th - 10th
In this review worksheet, students read circle graphs and line graphs. They identify quadrants in a coordinate plane and match graphs to their appropriate linear equation. Students find the slope of a line and identify the y-intercept....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Human Slope

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Middle and high schoolers explore the concept of slope. In this slope lesson, learners graph lines using a life-size graph. They use chalk on a blacktop to create a coordinate plane and use each other as the tick marks on the grid....
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EngageNY

Properties of Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Given a value of one trigonometric function, it is easy to determine others. Learners use the periodicity of trigonometric functions to develop properties. After studying the graphs of sine, cosine, and tangent, the lesson connects...
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Curated OER

Independent Practice 1: Plot Ordered Pairs

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ordered pair learning exercise, students plot given ordered pairs onto a coordinate plane. Ordered pairs contain both negative and positive numbers. Therefore, all four quadrants of the coordinate plane are used. This one-page...
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Curated OER

Hit the Slopes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work in one collaborative group to understand how ordered pairs are represented and graphed on a coordinate plane. They identify points on the coordinate plane and communicate their understanding of ordered pairs and their...
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Curated OER

Grids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Take your study of coordinates online! Groups of students complete an online graphing introduction, plotting the points of virtual objects. A worksheet is included for extra practice.
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Bowland

Alien Invasion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
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Curated OER

Fishing for Points

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore the concept of ordered pairs. In this ordered pairs lesson, pupils list the ordered pairs of a graph in the shape of a fish. They use their calculator to translate the fish using lists, then translate the fish left,...
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Curated OER

Cartesian Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars investigate rational numbers through data analysis and statistics. In this algebra lesson, students represent, rename, compare and order rational numbers. They collect and represent data correctly on a graph.
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Curated OER

Coordinate Plotting: Shapes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. They connect the points to create a geometric shape. This worksheet generator allows teachers to select the size of the grid, the complexity of the shapes, and if...
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Curated OER

Chronic Conics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use two activities to draw four different conic sections. One activity is of a physical nature and one is traditional paper and pencil.
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Curated OER

Worksheet 5 Math 126-Hyperbolas

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Pre-calculus activity, students solve problems involving hyperbolas. The two page activity contains explanation and four multi-part questions. Answers are not included.    
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Curated OER

Understanding and Computing Riemann Sums

For Students Higher Ed
In this Riemann sum worksheet, students use the Riemann sum to determine the volume of a square pyramid and the estimates of area around a circle. This four-page worksheet contains 18 problems.
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Curated OER

Precalculus Test 3 (4.4-4.5)

For Students 10th - 12th
In this precalculus test, students select the best answer from 8 multiple choice problems. They solve 4 short answer problems and graph one cycle of each of four equations.
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Curated OER

How To Teach Without Handouts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Cut down copier time and expand the learner's locus of control with simple and effective diagrams.
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Virginia Department of Education

What's the Point?

For Teachers 6th Standards
Point your class in the right direction in plotting points with three activities that give scholars a chance to learn about and practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. They draw figures on the coordinate plane and list out the...
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Curated OER

Quad Squad

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students pretend they have visited a forest research station on an overnight field trip. They study forest fires, use compass directions, read maps, interpret imagery, and think about the impact of fire on ecosystems.
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Geometric Shape Names

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Combine math and language arts in the same lesson with a reading passage about number prefixes in geometric shapes. After reading several short paragraphs about the different prefixes used in shape names, kids answer five comprehension...