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Walking the Plank
This is a cool math activity. Kids collect and interpret data based on a physical act. A board is balanced between a scale and a step, learners record a peer's weight as it decreases while s/he walks further away from the scale. They...
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Understanding Latitude and Longitude
Teaching learners about latitude and longitude can get a little complicated. Present the concept by first representing it as a graph. Just like finding a location on a graph using the x and y-axis, learners will be able to locate items...
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Plot the x-y Coordinates on the Grids Below
In this coordinate grid graphing learning exercise, students plot the given points onto each of 6 coordinate grids. All points are located in quadrant 1. One point is plotted on each grid. Answers are given by clicking the appropriate...
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Graphing Game
Students explore the concept of graphing ordered pairs. In this graphing ordered pairs lesson plan, students work in teams to play a version of Connect 4. Students use a Cartesian grid with values -4 to 4 as their Connect 4 board....
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Impossible Graphs
Students practice plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane while participating in a discussion about the Possible Or Not worksheet/activity. Students also use the Impossible Graphs worksheet to practice reading a graph,...
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Locating IIT Using Ordered Pairs
Young scholars investigate ordered pairs. In this math lesson, students plot and locate ordered pairs in a coordinate plane and are exposed to how to read and create a map.
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Transforming Triangles
Sixth graders graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. They visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. Finally, 6th graders write a paragraph telling...
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Functions, Domains and Composites
In this functions, domains and composites worksheet, learners solve and complete 23 various types of problems. First, they graph the given trigonometric function on a coordinate plane. Then, students label three points on each graph and...
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Coordinate Geometry Battleship Lesson Plan
Young scholars play a "Battleship" type of game to practice graphing on a coordinate plane. In this coordinate graphing activity, students select a point on their grid to place their "battleship." It the opposing team misses the ship,...
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Stars and Slopes
More of a math lesson than physics or space science, high schoolers take a set of data and plot it on a log-log coordinate system. The write-up for day two was never completed, but day one, "Stars and Slopes," is complex and cohesive....
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Geometry: Translations and Reflections
Group work and participation is used to perform a specified translation or reflection. In this geometrical translation lesson, small groups of pupils are each given a shape to plot on a coordinate grid. Each shape is then translated or...
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Graphing Lines in Slope-Intercept Form
Put it in slope-intercept form! Learners solve linear equations and sketch a graph of the equation on a coordinate plane. This worksheet contains 12 problems and an answer key.
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Extra Practice 48: Graphing Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
In this graphing worksheet, learners graph exponential and logarithmic functions. A coordinate plane is provided for each problem. Eighteen problems are on this two-page worksheet.
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Basic Algebra and Computers: Spreadsheets, Charts, and Simple Line Graphs
Students, while in the computer lab, assess how to use Microsoft Excel as a "graphing calculator." They view visual representations of line graphs in a Cartesian plane while incorporating basic skills for using Excel productively.
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Exploring Graphs
Students are introduced to connecting graphing in a coordinate plane to making scatterplots on a graphing calculator. Working in pairs, they connect points plotted to make a sailboat and complete questions on a worksheet as well as plot...
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Inequalities in Two Variables
In this algebra worksheet, learners solve and graph 3 linear inequalities on coordinate systems. They solve and graph 3 systems of linear inequalities on a coordinate grid.
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Graphing And Data Presentation
Students engage in a study of science and mathematics with the practice of creating graphs. A guest speaker comes to the class to share statistics from the community and the students are shown how he uses the coordinate system in the...
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Graphing Linear Equations
Use this graphing worksheet to have learners evaluate and graph linear equations. A coordinate plane, for graphing, is provided below each equation. This one-page worksheet contains seven problems.
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Visualizing and Naming Polygons
A really useful resource contains 116 slides covering basic geometric concepts related to 2-D or plane shapes. Shape properties, translations, reflections, congruence, symmetry, and grid work are all laid out in a comprehensive and...
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Using Graphs
In this using graphs learning exercise, 9th graders solve and complete 6 different types of problems. First, they determine how the transformation shown moves the graph. Then, students find the interval that is defined given the...
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What's the Point?
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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Compound Inequalities and Graphing
Put geometry skills to the test! Learners solve compound inequalities and then graph the inequalities on a coordinate plane using their geometric skills. They identify the slope and y-intercept in order to graph correctly. I like this...
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Similarity
Use the coordinate plane to show two figures are similar. The lesson plan incorporates congruence transformations and dilations to move a figure on to another figure. Pupils determine that if a similarity transformation...