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Human Coordinate Plane

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Eighth graders form a human coordinate grid to develop knowledge of the placement and meaning of coordinates on a grid. They experience the placements of the x and y coordinates in an ordered pair.

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coordinate plane, slope, y-intercepts, intercepts

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axis, coordinate plane, intercept, slope, math
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8th
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Math
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Simulation
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