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Geophysical Institute

Latitude and Longitude with Google Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Travel the world from the comfort of your classroom with a instructional activity that features Google Earth. High schoolers follow a series of steps to locate places all over the earth with sets of coordinates. Additionally, they...
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Curated OER

Where am I Located

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars calculate and find a certain location. In this geometry lesson, students examine a coordinate plane for pair of coordinates. They calculate the distance between point using the distance formula and estimation.
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Curated OER

What Is Your Point?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the x and y axes in a coordinate plane and identifies the coordinates of a given point in the first quadrant. They plot specific points in the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system.
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Curated OER

Transformations-Translations

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students perform transformations and translation on a coordinate plane. In this geometry lesson, students move shapes around on a graph identifying translation, image, and transformation. This lesson has an interactive part online that...
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Curated OER

A Place In Space

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work together to create a 3D coordinate system. They plot points that are given to them and asked to find these points in space. They discover how engineers use coordinates in their careers.
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Curated OER

Mapping Natural Disasters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use Cartesian coordinates to plot current natural disasters. They relate location of natural disasters to their specific major project countries. Students tie in geometry within this lesson as connected to spatial...
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EngageNY

Matrix Notation Encompasses New Transformations!

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Class members make a real connection to matrices in the 25th part of a series of 32 by looking at the identity matrix and making the connection to the multiplicative identity in the real numbers. Pupils explore different matrices and...
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5280 Math

Triangle Area Patterns

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Combine algebraic and geometric strategies to find solutions. The task asks learners to find the coordinates of a third vertex of a triangle to create a triangle with a specific area. The project is a set of seven problems that helps...
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Curated OER

Reading Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane, see several categories of functions, including lines and parabolas, and read a graph, answering questions about the situation described by the graph
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Curated OER

"If You Hopped Like a Frog" by David M. Schwartz

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students search for and generalize an algebraic pattern. They make and analyze a coordinate graph.
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Curated OER

Building Staircases: Understanding Slope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the importance of slope. They use blocks to model the slope of a line and calculate the slope of a line on a coordinate grid. Afterward, they describe objects they encounter in their everyday lives that have slopes.
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Curated OER

Distance Formula

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate the distance formula. For this geometry lesson, students find the distance between two points on a coordinate plane. They identify the four different quadrants.
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Curated OER

Graphing Linear Equations Using Data Tables

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Pupils review the Cartesian plane and the process of plotting points. In groups, students create tables, identify the slope and y-intercept, and graph the equation. Afterward, pupils perform the same process, only, individually. As a...
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Curated OER

Linear Equations Data Tables

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Pupils graph linear equations on a Cartesian plane. After describing data tables and their use, students explore how the information from a table can be used to create a line graph. They discuss reasons for plotting a minimum of three...
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Curated OER

Translations, Reflections, and Rotations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders have been introduced to the concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation, and have practiced translating, reflecting, and rotating two-dimensional objects on the coordinate plane.
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Curated OER

Graphing Linear Functions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the use of a function.They are asked to describe the input and output of a function. Students also identify different aspects of the coordinate system and represent functions in a visual graph.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math 53 - Midterm 1 Review

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students eliminate the parameter to find a Cartesian equation of the curve given by the parametric equations.
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Interactive
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Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve systems of linear inequalities by graphing the inequalities on a coordinate plane and determining the location of all ordered pairs that solve the system.  The three page worksheet...
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Curated OER

Race The Rapper: Slopes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate the slope of the equation In this algebra lesson, students graph coordinate pairs of linear equations and identify the relationship between x and y values and slope.  They differentiate between functions and relations....
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Curated OER

Get the Picture?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students show reflection, translation and rotation of a simple coordinate graph picture which they have created.
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Curated OER

Are We Sure They Are Parallel?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the definition and properties of parallel lines. This high level lesson has students calculate the slope of the two parallel lines, and draw the lines on a Caretsian coordinate system.
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Curated OER

Translations, Reflections, and Rotations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation. They practice translating, reflecting, and rotating two-dimensional objects on the coordinate plane. students use computers to learn about the three...
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Curated OER

Finding the Distance and Midpoint of a Line Segment

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students use the Pythagorean formula to find the length of a line. Afterward, they explore the midpoint formula to determine the midpoint of a line with a non-zero slope on a coordinate plane. Students complete assigned problems and...
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Curated OER

Graphing Linear Equations - With Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners describe relations and graph linear functions. After studying a geometric shape and a verbal statement, students contrast the differences between the verbal statement and the picture. They determine functions and graph...