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Battle Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play Battleshapes which is a variation of Battleship with geometry. For this geometry lesson, 5th graders get a graph paper with four quadrants. They call out coordinate points and attempt to sink their opponents shapes. 
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Lines in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students graph lines in a coordinate plane. In this geometry lesson, students graph lines on a coordinate plane, and identify the slope. They classify the lines as parallel or perpendicular and write an equation of a given line.
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Three In a Row

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how to locate coordinate points. In this coordinate graphing instructional activity, 6th graders locate the x and y axis. Students use their arms to show horizontal and vertical lines, participate in group and...
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Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners gain practice reading coordinates and plotting points by participating in the Coordinates! Game. They demonstrate and test their skills with graph paper and the Maze Game.
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What's the Point?

For Teachers 6th Standards
Point your class in the right direction in plotting points with three activities that give scholars a chance to learn about and practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. They draw figures on the coordinate plane and list out the...
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Use what you know about parallel and perpendicular lines to write equations! Learners take an equation of a line and write an equation of a line that is parallel or perpendicular using slope criteria. They then solve problems to...
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Finding Systems of Inequalities That Describe Triangular and Rectangular Regions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How do you build a polygon from an inequality? An engaging lesson plan challenges pupils to do just that. Building from the previous lesson plan in this series, learners write systems of inequalities to model rectangles, triangles,...
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Similarity

For Teachers 8th Standards
Use the coordinate plane to show two figures are similar. The lesson incorporates congruence transformations and dilations to move a figure on to another figure. Pupils determine that if a similarity transformation exists...
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Matrix Madness!!

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Perform operations to add, subtract, multiply and divide matrices. Then solve problems with vectors using matrices. A three day lesson plan: Matrix Madness, Mystical Matrices, and Decode the Encode. The last lesson plan has prizes that...
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Pixar: The Math Behind the Movies

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
When will we ever use this? A Pixar movie maker explains to students how math is used in the creation of animated films. The movie maker discusses the importance of coordinate planes, transformations and translations, and...
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Perpendicular Lines in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate the relationship between perpendicular and parallel lines on a coordinate plane. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate lines based on their slopes.
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Quadrilaterals in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find the coordinates of the vertices of special quadrilaterals placed in the coordinate plane. They find the coordinates of missing vertices of squares and parallelograms.
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5 Vector Geometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students imagine the way lines look. In this vector lesson, students recognize how to find a vector equation, Cartesian equation or perpendicular distance. Students find angles between planes. Students complete an activity with...
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Geometry Practice: Area of Polygons #8

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this area of polygons worksheet, high schoolers solve 7 short answer and multiple choice questions about area.  Students find the area of triangles given base and height, or points in the coordinate plane.
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Geo Jammin By Design: Coordinated

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars watch the teacher draw on the chalkboard and try to determine the form being drawn. They use questions to determine Quadrant #1 of a coordinate plane.
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Similarity and Dilations - Discover Properties of Similar Figures

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate properties of similar figures. In this properties of similar figures lesson, pupils construct similar figures using Cabri Jr. They dilate their figure to create a similar one, and discuss the relationships between...
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Triangle Area

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
While the lesson focuses on right triangles, this activity offers a great way to practice the area of all triangles through an interactive webpage. The activity begins with the class taking a square paper and cutting in in half; can they...
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Slope, Vectors, and Wind Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 11th
A hands-on lesson using the TI-CBR Motion Detector to provide information to graph and analyze. The class uses this information to calculate the slope of motion graphs and differentiate scalar and vector quantities. There is a real-world...
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Functions and the Vertical Line Test

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners examine functions and function notation. They use computer activities to discover how to graph functions, and conduct a vertical line test. Students describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry.
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Which Quadrilateral Is It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars prove conjectures about geometric figures on the plane or in space using coordinate geometry. They develop fluency in operations with real numbers, vectors and matrices using mental computation or paper-and-pencil...
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Similar Triangles on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate triangles and their properties. In this geometry lesson plan, students differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. They use the SSS theorem to help identify the triangles that are similar or congruent.
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Geometry, Measurement & Reasoning

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete worksheets involving rotational symmetry. In this geometry instructional activity, students complete worksheets to identify rotational symmetry and rotations. They compare and contrast rotated figures. Students examine...
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Virginia Department of Education

Translation and Reflection

For Teachers 7th Standards
Bring about the change you want to see in the world  or at least in your lesson plans. Young mathematicians learn about translation and reflections by applying them to polygons on the coordinate plane. Results provide data to...
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Virginia Department of Education

Dilation

For Teachers 7th Standards
Open up your pupils' eyes and minds on dilations. Scholars perform dilations on a trapezoid on the coordinate plane. They compare the image to the preimage and develop generalizations about dilations.

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