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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Circles: A Geometric Perspective

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
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Lesson Plan
Education Development Center

Points, Slopes, and Lines

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Before graphing and finding distances, learners investigate the coordinate plane and look at patterns related to plotted points. Points are plotted and the goal is to look at the horizontal and vertical distances between coordinates and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Systems of Equations and Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
This is a comprehensive lesson on creating and solving equations and systems of equations and inequalities. Problems range from basic linear equations to more complex systems of equations and inequalities based on a real-world examples....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Integers On a Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of graphing integers on a coordinate plane. In this graphing integers on a coordinate plane lesson, 7th graders discuss scenarios where coordinate systems are used in real life. Students represent...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders form a human coordinate grid to develop knowledge of the placement and meaning of coordinates on a grid. They experience the placements of the x and y coordinates in an ordered pair.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson #163 Conversion Between Polar and Cartesian Coordinates

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars are shown the conversion formula. In this conversion between polar and cartesian coordinates lesson, students are presented with a formula for converting between two types of coordinates. Two examples are included in the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Transformations with Matrices

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A page right out of the Holt Geometry book. Use a graphing calculator and graph paper to explore transformations with matrices.  
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Independent Practice 1: Plot Ordered Pairs

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ordered pair worksheet, students plot given ordered pairs onto a coordinate plane. Ordered pairs contain both negative and positive numbers. Therefore, all four quadrants of the coordinate plane are used. This one-page...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Quiz: Reflection in a Point

For Students 6th - 8th
For this reflection worksheet, students read short statements about reflecting a point or an image over the x-axis in a coordinate plane. They identify the location of the given coordinates and determine if the statement is true or...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Graph of a Linear Equation in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Add more points on the graph ... and it still remains a line! The 13th installment in a series of 33 leads the class to the understanding that the graph of linear equation is a line. Pupils find several solutions to a two-variable linear...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Working independently or in teams, your class practices connecting graphs, formulas and words. This lesson includes a guided discussion about distance vs. time graphs and looking at how velocity changes over time.  
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Create tables of solutions of linear equations. A lesson has pupils determine solutions for two-variable equations using tables. The class members graph the points on a coordinate graph. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers All
Students learn about the Cartesian coordinate plane, understand the four quadrants of the Cartesian coordinate plane, and plot points on the plane. Students read coordinates for a point from a graph and give the ratio of rise over run...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Constructing Translations

For Students 8th Standards
Provide an introduction to translations and the notation used to denote a translation on the coordinate plane. An independent practice portion provides the pupils several opportunities to practice the skill of translations along with...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Integers on a Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Boogie fever! Explore the concept of integers on coordinate plane. In this integers on a coordinate plane lesson, young scholars graph rational numbers on the coordinate plane and identify coordinates of a point. Students perform a line...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coordinate Seating: Using a Coordinate System

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover coordinate systems.  In this mapping lesson, 4th graders create a coordinate system for theater seating.  Students observe a video based on a theater's seating map.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Compare graphing an inequality in one variable on a number line to graphing an inequality in two variables on a coordinate plane. Young mathematicians work on a puzzle matching inequalities and their solutions. They then complete a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Introduction Points

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students find the points on the Cartesian plane. The graphs use the color green and red to differentiate the positive and negative points.
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Assessment15:11
Mathed Up!

Translations

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce translations as transformations that move figures in horizontal and vertical distances with a video that shows how to translate the figures. A second video covers how to determine the translation that has occurred. Pupils work...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fossil Fuels and Its Effects On The World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the effects of a declining fossil fuel system would have on the world. They read the line graph and other information to answer questions about fossil fuels. Students use mathematics to analyze graphical data and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 8 Vocabulary: Geometry

For Students 7th - 8th
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students match the vocabulary word to its proper definition. They identify words such as symmetry, scale factor, coordinate plane, rotation, reflection, and translation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extra Practice 16: Graphs of Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this graphing worksheet, students determine the domain and graph quadratic functions. Coordinate planes are provided below each function. There are 36 problems on this four-page worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Second View of Polar Coordinates

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this polar coordinates worksheets, students change ordered pairs from rectangular form to polar form. They plot and label points and identify alternative coordinate pairs for given points. There are approximately 20 problems on this...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Plotting Points

For Students 7th - 8th
In this plotting points worksheet, students are given eight points to plot on a coordinate plane. Afterward, they plot eight additional points and then translate the points according to given instructions. This one-page worksheet...