Coordinate an attack on hungry gophers. Scholars play a game that relies on placing objects on the coordinate plane to stop gophers from eating a carrot. As the game levels increase, learners encounter different scales and the need to reflect a point across an axis. The class also plays a team game where the object is to place four dots in a row on the coordinate plane while trying to keep the opposing team from doing the same thing.

Concepts

coordinate pair, coordinate plane, x-coordinates, quadrants, graphing points, graphing, positive numbers, negative numbers, x and y axis, reflections

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Play an updated battleship game where the playing field is the coordinate plane

Classroom Considerations

• Requires computers equipped with Adobe Flash
• The class should be familiar with the coordinate plane

Pros

• Includes a teacher video on how to use the game for instruction
• Provides teachers with wrap-up suggestions
• Contains a short video on how to play the game

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.NS.C.6.b 6.NS.C.6.c 6.NS.C.8 6.G.A.3