Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Plot Four: Positive and Negative Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Plotting points is usually an interesting activity for students. Make it even more interesting and engaging using this game.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Arrow an Activiaty for Plotting Points

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are given points to plot in activity center. The points will form an arrow. The teacher can then direct students to change the coordinates to translate the picture. Students practice plotting points, integer operations, and see...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Introduction to the Cartesian Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This lesson consists of two PowerPoint presentations that use animation (motion) to demonstrate how to obtain a 1-1 mapping between a plane and ordered pairs of Real numbers. These can be teacher presented or if you have enough PCs...
Activity
Help Algebra

Help algebra.com: Rectangular Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The parts of the coordinate plane are described and plotting ordered pairs is demonstrated with several examples. The four quadrants of the coordinate plane are also defined.
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Greg's Grid Graphs

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
This interactive web lesson investigates ordered pairs and how to plot them on a coordinate grid.
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Rectangular Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Descriptions of x- and y-coordinates are presented, followed by an interactive game that demonstrates how to plot points on the coordinate plane. Examples and exercises are provided for practice.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Connect With Coordinates

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students will be involved in hands-on activities that will help them to learn to locate points on a grid. Students will also learn how to correctly read an ordered pair of numbers. Technology will be implemented through the use of a...
Graphic
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: What Are You Plotting?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This one page website is for practicing graphing ordered pairs. It lets you know right away if your choice is incorrect. At the bottom of the page their is a challenge with the solution just a click away.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Cartesian Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This one page website lets you practice plotting points on the coordinate grid. See if you can find the missing coordinates to complete the shapes. When you are finished the solutions are only a click away.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Coordinate Cunning

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Play this game for two and learn how to graph ordered pairs on the coordinate plane at this one page website. You will know right away if you have the correct coordinates.
Activity
Cool Math

Coolmath: Intro to Graphing Plotting Points

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn how to plot points on a coordinate graph.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Parametric Graph It

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity allows the user to plot ordered pairs and parametric equations on the same coordinate plane.
Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource One Quadrant Graph

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students can use the interactive coordinate plane to plot ordered pairs and draw lines.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Algebra Plus: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Algebra lesson plan focuses on using patterns and relationships to write equations with two variables to represent relationships and patterns in real-world problems, plotting ordered pairs on a coordinate grid, and interpreting the...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphing Coordinates: Can You Dig It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will practice solving algebraic equations and plotting X and Y coordinates on a graph to better understand the techniques archeologists use to record their discoveries at excavation sites...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Simple Maze Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this clever applet to move your robot to safe ordered pairs as it travels to its destination. This all takes place in the first quadrant. Direction are just a click away.
Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Looking for the Top Quark

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this interactive graphing game to practice plotting points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plain.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.g Battle Ship Using Grid Paper

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
The purpose of this task is to give students practice plotting points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and naming coordinates of points. Aligns with 5.G.A.1.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Coordinate Tan

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter the World of Tan. The solutions to these challenges are located right on the website.
Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: What's the Point? (Graphing Skills Game)

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This graphing game challenges players to supply the coordinates for points shown on a series of graphs and also to plot pairs of coordinates on simple Cartesian planes.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformation Tease

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Follow the directions at this one page website. You will get lots of practice plotting points on the coordinate grid and experience with transformational geometry.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Treasure Island

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find what the ordered pairs are for each of the items on the map. This one page website will help you practice plotting points on the grid. You can check the answers right on the website.
Interactive
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Figuras Escondidas

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice graphing by playing a game in the Cartesian coordinates plane.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Square Deal

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, ordered pairs, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.