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Play Battleship on Graph Paper
Who says learning can't be enjoyable? Your class will love identifying the x axis and y axis of a coordinate plane and plotting various points when it's dressed up in the guise of a Battleship game. Rather than sets of the actual game,...
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Graphing
In this graphing instructional activity, students solve and graph 10 different problems that include determining various coordinates and the slope. First, they use the table to write the x and y coordinates for each point on the graphs....
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Challenge: Graphing Functions
Here is a functions activity in which learners solve functions containing variables, graph the coordinates, and answer two questions about it. They complete 14 functions.
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Identify and Graph Linear Equations
Students investigate linear functions. In this mathematics lesson plan, students plot points onto a graph by solving the equations y=x and y=mx+b by being given numbers for x and solving for y.
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Countdown Challenge: Coordinate Plane
In this coordinate plane worksheet, learners find the coordinates on a graph and discover a word or phrase. They plot 27 ordered pairs on three coordinate planes. This is a one-page worksheet.
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Graphs and Functions
Use this series of activities to introduce learners to graphing functions. They graph both linear and quadratic equations by hand and with a Graph Sketcher Tool. Several imbedded links and handouts are included in the lesson.
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Graphing and Interpreting Linear Equations in Two Variables
Graph linear equations using a table of values. Learners solve equations in two variables using standard form of an equation. They identify the relationship between x and y values.
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Lesson 2-5: Absolute Value Functions and Graphs
What is absolute value? What is an absolute value function? Emerging mathematicians solve equations containing variables inside an absolute value sign. They graph each function on a coordinate plane and identify the maximum and minimum...
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What's Brewing? Graphing On A Coordinate Plane
In this graphing worksheet, students graph given ordered pairs on a coordinate plane and connect the dots in consecutive order. Upon completion of the graphing exercise, students will have created a picture on the coordinate plane. They...
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You Can Get There From Here - Plotting on a Coordinate Plane
In this plotting worksheet, middle schoolers plot given ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. After plotting each ordered pair, students connect line segments in consecutive order. Upon completion of the graphing exercise, middle...
Teach Engineering
Coordinates and the Cartesian Plane
The plot thickens to get a functional understanding. After a short review of plotting points on the coordinate plane, class members learn the difference between functions and relations in the second lesson in a series of nine. They show...
PBS
Working with Coordinate Planes: Assessments
It's time for scholars to show what they know about coordinate planes with a collection of three assessments. The exams' objectives include plotting points on a single grid, measuring using the distance formula, and identifying points on...
EngageNY
Dilations on the Coordinate Plane
Dilations from the origin have a multiplicative effect on the coordinates of a point. Pupils use the method of finding the image of a point on a ray after a dilation to find a short cut. Classmates determine the short cut of being able...
PBS
Working with Coordinate Planes: Activities and Supplemental Materials
Seven activities make up a collection of supplemental materials to reinforce graphing on a coordinate plane. Worksheet objectives include plotting coordinates within single and four quadrants, measuring straight and diagonal lines, and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Graphs of Quadratic Functions
The equations look different, but their graphs are the same. How can that be? This activity leads your mathematicians in an exploration of three different forms of the same quadratic function. After comparing the equations, their graphs,...
Virginia Department of Education
Graphing Systems of Inequalities
Apply systems of inequalities to a real-world problem. Here, scholars learn to graph solutions to systems of linear inequalities. To finish the lesson, they solve a problem involving burgers and cheeseburgers using a system of inequalities.
EngageNY
Some Facts About Graphs of Linear Equations in Two Variables
Develop another way to find the equation of a line. The lesson introduces the procedure to find the equation of a line given two points on the line. Pupils determine the two points from the graph of the line.
Ohio Literacy Resource Center
Solving Systems of Linear Equations Graphing
Do you need to graph lines to see the point? A thorough lesson plan provides comprehensive instruction focused on solving systems of equations by graphing. Resources include guided practice worksheet, skill practice worksheet, and an...
Illustrative Mathematics
Who Has the Best Job?
Making money is important to teenagers. It is up to your apprentices to determine how much two wage earners make with their after school jobs. Participants work with a table, an equation, and a graph and compare the two workers to see...
EngageNY
The Line Joining Two Distinct Points of the Graph y=mx+b Has Slope m
Investigate the relationship between the slope-intercept form and the slope of the graph. The lesson plan leads an investigation of the slope-intercept equation of a line and its slope. Pupils realize the slope is the same as the...
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Coordinate Geometry Battleship Lesson Plan
Students play a "Battleship" type of game to practice graphing on a coordinate plane. For this coordinate graphing lesson, students select a point on their grid to place their "battleship." It the opposing team misses the ship, the...
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Cartesian Graphing
In this graphing worksheet, students use the Cartesian plane (or coordinate grid) to complete graphs. This is a worksheet generator. The teacher may select the level of difficulty as well as the type of problems students are asked to...
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Graphing Lines
In this graphing lines learning exercise, students graph lines that are in the point-slope form. They identify the y-intercept and the slope. They graph the equation of a line on a coordinate plane. This four-page learning exercise...
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What’s Your Coordinate?
Your middle schoolers will show what they know with their bodies when they become the coordinate plane in this conceptual development unit. Starting with the characteristics of the coordinate plane, learners develop their skills by...