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...
Worksheet
Raytheon

Graphing: Slope

For Students 7th - 9th
For this slope worksheet, students complete problems having to do with slope including adding integers, graphing, finding ordered pairs, and more. Students complete 55 problems.
Lesson Plan
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...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Rectangle Space

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Take a coordinated look at rectangles. The task asks pupils to plot the length and width of created triangles in the coordinate plane. Using their plots, scholars respond to questions about rectangles and their associated points on the...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Granny’s Balloon Trip

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Take flight with a fun activity focused on graphing data on a coordinate plane. As learners study the data for Granny's hot-air balloon trip, including the time of day and the distance of the balloon from the ground, they practice...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Percent Cards

For Teachers 6th Standards
Explore different representations of numbers. Scholars convert between fractions, decimals, and percents, and then use these conversions to plot the values on a horizontal number line.
Handout
Thomson Brooks-Core

Complex Numbers

For Students 10th - 12th
A straightforward approach to teaching complex numbers, this lesson addresses the concepts of complex numbers, polar coordinates, Euler's formula, De moivres Theorem, and more. It includes a practice problems set with odd answers...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Graphit

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
No graphing calculator? No worries, there's an app for that! Young mathematicians use an app to graph functions. In addition, they can also plot data points.
Interactive
Curated OER

Coordinate Plane

For Students 7th - 8th
In this algebra worksheet, students investigate the coordinate plane through graphing, plotting and identifying the different quadrants. They identify vertical and horizontal lines in the coordinate plane. There are 10 questions with an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Coordinates

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders are given points on a coordinate plane, and they must figure out what the x and y values are. There are 6 graphing question.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ordered Pairs on a Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. In this algebra lesson, 7th graders discover the correct way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y values, domain and...
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Four-Quadrant Grid

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
This is a nifty tool to keep on hand, especially when addressing CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.6 standards. It is, simply, a Cartesian coordinate plane with all four quadrants. Give individuals one each, and then call out or write ordered pairs...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Points in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th - 9th
In this ordered pairs activity, students identify 6 ordered pairs given a coordinate plane.  Students list the ordered pair given the graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction To Polar Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the polar coordinate system and practice plotting using Cartesian Coordinates. They find the angle and the radius and plot them while comprehending the ordered pairs using the x and y axis. The lesson includes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Sum of Our Integer Intelligences

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young mathematicians explore integers. They review adding integers through engaging in mathematical labs. Each lab station is designed to reflect one of the multiple intelligences. Resources for all activities are provided.
Lesson Plan
Education Development Center

Points, Slopes, and Lines

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Before graphing and finding distances, learners investigate the coordinate plane and look at patterns related to plotted points. Points are plotted and the goal is to look at the horizontal and vertical distances between coordinates and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Find the Shape

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students 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

Study the Graph

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this graph worksheet, students study colored shapes plotted on a Cartesian coordinate plane. Students identify the "right" and "left" coordinates for each shape. The page should be duplicated in color.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Coordinate Points of a Graph

For Students 10th - 11th
In this worksheet, students are given a graph with plotted points. They are asked to identify the coordinate points from the graph.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Grids

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometry activity, students plot and label 8 sets of points and triangles on a grid using coordinate pairs. They use both positive and negative numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Millennium Bridge

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students read and plot coordinates in all four quadrants and state where a shape will be after translation. They explore the concept of translation using a a four quadrant grid of the of River Tyne running through all 4 quads. In...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fishing for Points TI-83/83 Plus

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the Cartesian coordinate plane.  In this Algebra I instructional activity, 9th graders explore the coordinates of a drawing of a fish and examine the effects of moving the drawing on the ordered pairs....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shape Capture Game

For Students 8th
In this shape capture game worksheet, 8th graders work in pairs to plot quadrilaterals, then guess ordered pairs for each other's shape in order to locate the vertices on the grid;  can be used with other shape as well.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Trigonometry: Worksheet for Test #4

For Students 10th - 11th
In this trigonometry worksheet, students determine whether given mappings are functions. They evaluate 5 functions for a given x value. Students graph 2 functions. They determine which ordered pairs are solutions to given functions....