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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...
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Unit Plan
Bowland

Alien Invasion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Problem Solving and the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th Standards
Class members investigate rectangles on the coordinate plane. They determine the length of line segments in the coordinate plane with the same x-coordinate or same y-coordinate and then solve geometric problems involving perimeter and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Goldilocks and the Coordinate Grids

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Where this lesson idea is lacking in materials, it makes up for with creativity! Using "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as the background, mathematicians plot points on a coordinate grid to create props for the story. The polygons all...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Greenery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather leaves and trace them on graph paper. They plot coordinates that approximate the shape of the leaves and share those coordinates as "worksheets" for other students to complete.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twists and Turns

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students reflect, rotate, translate, and dilate figures in the Cartesian coordinate plane using grid paper and dot paper. They use transformations (i.e., reflections, translations, rotations, and dilations) to describe geometric patterns...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

The Multiplicative Identity and Numbers Close to One

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils practice multiplying and dividing whole numbers by fractions. They study the multiplicative identity property that states that the product of any number and 1 is that number. They multiply whole numbers by fractions close to 1 and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students use computer applets to demonstrate three dimensional coordinate planes. In this coordinate planes lesson plan, students play a coordinate game and a maze game.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scatter Brain

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Examine a coordinated geometry grid to decode the hidden message. Pupils write a coded message to their parents using letter coordinates from the grid.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Ordered Pairs On A Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Sinking ships, construction paper, coordinate planes, sounds like fun day in math class. Play the game Battleship with your class and reinforce the concept of graphing ordered pairs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integer: Tic-Tac-Toe Four In a Row!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of the coordinate plane. In this coordinate plane lesson, students discuss integers and their place on the number line. Students discuss locating points on the coordinate plane. Students play tic-tac-toe by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fishing for Points

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore the concept of ordered pairs. In this ordered pairs lesson plan, pupils list the ordered pairs of a graph in the shape of a fish. They use their calculator to translate the fish using lists, then translate the fish left,...
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Ready to introduce your class to the coordinate plane? This website includes a detailed lesson plan that includes two interactive games to help learners practice graphing ordered pairs. The scripted discussion is a little cheesy and a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transforming Snoopy Using Coordinates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students graph coordinate points to create a picture of Snoopy. In this coordinate point instructional activity, students read a book and learn about Rene Descartes' invention, the coordinate grid.  Students graph a surprise picture on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The North (Wall) Star

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a instructional activity which shows them that celestial navigation is the art and science of finding one's geographic position by means of astronomical observations, particularly by measuring altitudes of celestial...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Creating a Reflection

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Investigate geometric reflections in this geometry lesson. Create geometric reflections that show the reflection across the x and y axis of a coordinate graph. Learners watch a teacher demonstration before proceeding on their own. They...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Concept: Points on a Grid

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this coordinate grid graphing worksheet, young scholars play a game of Battleship on the computer. They answer 21 questions about the coordinate grid and graphing.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Coordinate Plotting: Shapes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math activity, students graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. They connect the points to create a geometric shape. This activity generator allows teachers to select the size of the grid, the complexity of the shapes, and if...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sixth Grade Word Problems

For Students 6th
In this word problem worksheet, 6th graders problems using given information and mathematical equations.  Students solve for 19 problems showing work as needed.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rotation Symmetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of symmetry by using various examples and performing independent practice with scaffolding provided by the teacher. They review reflection symmetry and cover the new rotation symmetry using manipuatives.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Daily Job Chart

For Students 2nd - 11th
In this cooperative learning accountability learning exercise, students determine the roles for each group member and how they will rotate throughout a week.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Data-gathering Activities Relating to Trees in Their Environment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gather data relating to trees in their environment. In this biology lesson plan, students determine heights of trees and their ages. A canopy map will indicate optimal growing areas for the tree.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math and Science in a Wetland

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students describe safe practice when doing field and lab investigations in a estuary or wetland. They create a model of an estuary and describe their value and function. They participate in field study in which they collect and analyze...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Points in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th - 9th
In this ordered pairs worksheet, students identify 6 ordered pairs given a coordinate plane.  Students list the ordered pair given the graph.

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