Lesson Plan
NY Learns

Investigation - Looking at Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers construct polygons by plotting points on a coordinate plane. Pupils connect the points and identify which polygons they have drawn. They will need graph paper to carry out the assigned activities. A vocabulary list,...
PPT
Curated OER

Geometric Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Geometric patterns illuminate this colorful and interactive PowerPoint. First, patterns must be identified. Next, students discern the missing color in a block pattern. Lastly, they observe a figure to determine how many blocks are used....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Battle Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play Battleshapes which is a variation of Battleship with geometry. In this geometry lesson, 5th graders get a graph paper with four quadrants. They call out coordinate points and attempt to sink their opponents shapes. 
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Matrix Multiplication: Vectors

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Visualize matrix multiplication on the coordinate plane. Pupils use the interactive to create a matrix multiplication problem using vectors. The scholars see the resulting product of the matrices as a vector.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Pythagorean Theorem to Determine Distance: Neighborhood Map

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Find the distance between various locations in a neighborhood. Scholars use the interactive to find distances between locations on a map. The map is overlaid onto a grid to provide coordinates for each location, and pupils apply...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Horizontal Translations or Phase Shifts: Cosine

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
If cosine is shifted, how is its equation affected? Learners manipulate the graph of cosine by moving the y-intercept to different locations on the coordinate plane. Pupils determine the new equation that models the shifts.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Horizontal Translations or Phase Shifts: Tangent

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Patterns can be shifty! Find the pattern when shifting the graph of tangent. Pupils move the graph of tangent to different locations on the coordinate plane. They observe what happens to the function and its vertical asymptotes...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Horizontal and Vertical Line Graphs

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
See how vertical and horizontal lines have special equations. Scholars drag vertical and horizontal lines onto a coordinate plane to graph given equations. They then answer a set of challenge questions on the topic.  
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Take the tediousness out of finding solutions of inequalities by graphing. Individuals use an interactive that allows them to adjust a system of inequalities on a coordinate plane. Using the interactive helps find solutions to systems of...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Graphs of Linear Functions: Line Designs

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Designs from lines are sublime. Scholars create colorful designs by connecting points on an interactive coordinate plane. They answer questions about slope and quadrants based on their designs.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Standard Form of Linear Equations: Seesaw

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Don't hem and haw, learn about equations using a seesaw. An easy-to-use interactive has pupils move a seesaw on a coordinate plane to investigate the standard form of a linear equation. By completing a set of challenge questions, they...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Forms of Linear Equations: Equation Exploration

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Different forms, same line. Young mathematicians investigate the standard form, slope-intercept form, and point-slope form of a linear equation. An interactive has them adjust lines on a coordinate plane to see changes in each form of...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparing Equation of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
It seems perpendicular lines have slopes which follow a specific rule. Scholars use an interactive to investigate this rule by moving a pair of lines on a coordinate plane. They find that perpendicular lines have slopes that are opposite...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Distance Between Two Points: Biking the Blocks

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Distance estimates would be easy if the world were a grid. Scholars work to determine the distance between two structures using a coordinate plane. As an introduction, the lesson focuses on vertical and horizontal distances.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Evaluate Limits Using Graphs and Tables: Where Is That Limit?

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Limits are made easy through graphs and tables. An easy-to-use interactive lets users change a function on a coordinate plane. They relate graphs and tables to the limit at a specific value.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Infinite Limit Type: Evaluating Limits of Rational Functions

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Rational functions become less mysterious when you know about limits. Individuals use an interactive to move a rational function on a coordinate plane and to investigate function values for certain x-values. They see how the limit...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Restricted Domain and Range: Translation of a Curve

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Moving the graph of a function obviously changes its domain and range. Scholars adjust the location of a graph in an interactive coordinate plane. The interactive automatically updates and displays the domain and range to show how it...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Vector Projection

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Two words summarize the interactive: vector projector. An easy-to-use resource lets users investigate vector projections on the coordinate plane. Given the components of two vectors, they determine the projection of one vector onto the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Geometric Sequences: Bacteria Colony

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Show budding mathematicians how to model a diminishing bacteria colony two ways—graphically and algebraically. Using the coordinate axis, pupils create a graph to represent the decay of a bacteria colony. They determine the number of...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Parametric Equations: Protecting the Village

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Determine the location of the pillars in time. Given a table of values for two parametric equations, pupils complete the table to determine the location and time it takes to build the pillars. Learners plot the points representing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Locating Points

For Students 7th - 9th
In this math worksheet, students write the coordinates of points that have been plotted on a coordinate plane. This worksheet generator allows teachers to select the size of the grid and whether or not to use negative coordinates. An...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three In a Row

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how to locate coordinate points. In this coordinate graphing instructional activity, 6th graders locate the x and y axis. Students use their arms to show horizontal and vertical lines, participate in group and...
Interactive
Curated OER

Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, learners identify the different shapes created by nets. They also identify the intersection of lines and planes. There are 5 questions with an answer key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Similar Triangles on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate triangles and their properties. In this geometry instructional activity, students differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. They use the SSS theorem to help identify the triangles that are similar or...