The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. It is important for structural engineers to be confident graphing in 3D in order to be able to describe locations in space to fellow engineers.

Concepts

engineering, graphing, stem, coordinate plane

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Additional Tags

axis, cartesian coordinate system, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, dimension, plane

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

5.G.A.2