Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Chameleon Graphing: Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dive into this introduction to graphing in the coordinate plane, and meet a chameleon named Sam. Sam will help guide you through graphing points on a line, using negative numbers, and graphing points in the coordinate plane.
eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice identifying points, graphing points and equations on the coordinate plane. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Coordinates and the Cartesian Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A brief refresher on the Cartesian plane includes how points are written in (x,y) format and oriented to the axes, and which directions are positive and negative. Then students learn about what it means for a relation to be a function...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Coordinate Plane: Plot Ordered Pairs

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Khan Academy: Coordinate plane: plot ordered pairs practices plotting an ordered pair on the x (horizontal) axis and y (vertical) axis of the coordinate plane.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Cartesian Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of the Cartesian Coordinate Plane. Examples are given and various aspects of plotting points and graphing are described.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Coordinate Plane Word Problems (Quadrant 1 Challenging)

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Try some coordinate plane word problems focusing on quadrant 1. Miss the problem, and Kahn offers some tutorials for help.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Points in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify the coordinates of a point and plot points in the coordinate plane.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Young scholars make connections between the coordinate grid and Geometry by finding the distance of line segments using the coordinate plane. This instructional activity includes a detailed lesson plan, slides containing notes and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quadrilateral Problems on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A set of four practice problems finding the points of quadrilaterals on a coordinate plane.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid (Day 2)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real-life examples. Space is needed since students will be actively moving! This activity includes slides containing notes and...
Activity
Other

Desmos: The (Awesome) Coordinate Plane Activity

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students investigate plotting coordinates in four quadrants in this activity where they try to hit the bullseye of a target, connect dots, and navigate mazes.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Introduction to the X, Y Plane (The "Cartesian" Plane)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purplemath offers an in-depth lesson on the Cartesian plane. The lesson discusses how to plot points and gives information about the four quadrants. Example problems are given on plotting points and determining the quadrant in which to...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: What's in a Name? Explorations in the Coordinate Plane From

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will plot points in a coordinate plane and reflect those points across the axes using a MIRA and then using the graphing calculator STAT, STAT PLOT, and GRAPH menus graph the image on the graphing calculator screen.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Polygons in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is for young scholars to practice plotting points in the coordinate plane and finding the areas of polygons. This task assumes that students already understand how to find areas of polygons by decomposing them...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tracking Stocks and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 6th
Which stock price had the largest change? How do you know? How do you represent a point on the coordinate plane? Students continue tracking their investments.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Practice: Points on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th Standards
Demonstrates how to plot ordered pairs of points across all four quadrants of a coordinate plane. Includes practice problems and explanations of their solutions.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Coordinate Plane Problems in All Four Quadrants

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice solving word problems by interpreting the meaning of points plotted on an xy coordinate system. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Coordinate Grid: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this instructional activity about the coordinate grid, students will be able to identify x- and y-axes, point of origin, quadrants, coordinates, and ordered pairs, and read, interpret, and plot points in any of the quadrants.
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
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Navigating the Usa With the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will be plotting points on the United States Map. This background and activity could be used and/or modified to fit any social studies class. Students could explore topics ranging from graphing coordinates in pre-algebra to...
Activity
Mathematics for Teaching

Mathematics for Teaching: What Is a Coordinates System?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Discusses a coordinate system, including coordinates and quadrants on a coordinate plane. A GeoGebra activity is provided.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Ordered Simple Plot

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The interactive learning activity allows students to plot multiple ordered pairs. Teacher resources are included.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Locating Points on the Cartesian Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this interactive, students use clues and logic to plot the location of aquatic animals on a Cartesian graph that represents the four cardinal directions. The three riddles in the interactive, including one that requires students to...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Simple Coordinates Game

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This applet allows students to practice plotting points and identifying ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. The learning resource consists of the activity, instructions, instructor notes, and additional resources.