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Battle Shapes
Fifth graders play Battleshapes which is a variation of Battleship with geometry. In this geometry lesson, 5th graders get a graph paper with four quadrants. They call out coordinate points and attempt to sink their opponents shapes.
Mathematics TEKS Toolkit
Grade 6: Exploring c/d = pi
Introduce your math class to the perimeter of a circle. Teach them that pi describes the relationship between the circumference and the diameter. As a hands-on investigation, pairs or small groups use string to compare these two values...
Curated OER
Graphing and the Coordinate Plane
Students 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.
Virginia Department of Education
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...
EngageNY
Complex Numbers and Transformations
Your learners combine their knowledge of real and imaginary numbers and matrices in an activity containing thirty lessons, two assessments (mid-module and end module), and their corresponding rubrics. Centered on complex numbers and...
Inside Mathematics
Aaron's Designs
Working with transformations allows the class to take a turn for the better. The short assessment has class members perform transformations on the coordinate plane. The translations, reflections, and rotations create pattern designs on...
EngageNY
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 exists between...
California Mathematics Project
Reflections
Reflections are the geometric mirror. Pupils explore this concept as they discover the properties of reflections. They focus on the coordinates of the reflections and look for patterns. This is the third lesson in a seven-part series.
CK-12 Foundation
Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Take the tediousness out of finding solutions of inequalities by graphing. Individuals use an interactive that allows them to adjust a system of inequalities on a coordinate plane. Using the interactive helps find solutions to systems of...
CK-12 Foundation
Geometric Sequences: Bacteria Colony
Show budding mathematicians how to model a diminishing bacteria colony two ways—graphically and algebraically. Using the coordinate axis, pupils create a graph to represent the decay of a bacteria colony. They determine the number of...
Curated OER
Coordinates
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders are given points on a coordinate plane, and they must figure out what the x and y values are. There are 6 graphing question.
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Lines in the Coordinate Plane
Students graph lines in a coordinate plane. In this geometry activity, 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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Graphing on the Coordinate Plane
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine the midpoint of a line segment given the coordinates of the two endpoints or find the missing endpoint given the coordinates of the midpoint and one endpoint. The one page worksheet...
Curated OER
Quadrilaterals in the Coordinate Plane
Learners 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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Quadrilateral Explorations
Ninth graders identify quadrilaterals and label the vertices of quadrilaterals. they justify their identification of the quadrilaterals. Students work in groups to identify and create quadrilaterals
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Graphing Data
Students graph lines in a coordinate plane. In this geometry lesson, students graph lines on a coordinate plane, and identify the slope. They calculate the volume, area and perimeters of the shapes created on a coordinate plane.
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Geometry Standardized Test Practice
In this figures and graphs review activity, 10th graders solve and complete 23 various types of problems that include identifying various figures and graphs. First, they name the transformation that maps the unshaded figure or preimage...
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Impossible Graphs
Students distinguish between possible and impossible graphs of functions, and to learn why some graphs are impossible. They have practiced plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane
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Geometric Coordinates
In this geometric coordinates worksheet, students solve and complete 3 different types of problems. First, they use the equations provided to complete the table on the right. Then, students plot the x- and y- coordinates on the graph to...
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Cartesian Coordinate System
Students research the Cartesian Coordinate System and its many uses in the world of mathematics and algebra.
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Graphing Integers On a Coordinate Plane
Seventh graders explore the concept of graphing integers on a coordinate plane. In this graphing integers on a coordinate plane instructional activity, 7th graders discuss scenarios where coordinate systems are used in real life. ...
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Coordinate Geometry
In this geometry learning exercise, students solve and graph points on coordinate plane. They write the equation of a line and describe the line's position on a coordinate plane. There are 9 questions with an answer key.
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Matrix Madness!!
Perform operations to add, subtract, multiply and divide matrices. Then solve problems with vectors using matrices. A three day activity: Matrix Madness, Mystical Matrices, and Decode the Encode. The last activity has prizes that the...
EngageNY
Four Interesting Transformations of Functions (Part 1)
Understanding how functions transform is a key concept in mathematics. This introductory lesson makes a strong connection between the function, table, and graph when exploring transformations. While the resource uses absolute value...