Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Coordinate Graphing
A lesson that help students visualize coordinate graphing and discover the four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Students will be able to graph ordered pairs and then make conjectures about the values of x and y coordinates and the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Discovering the Coordinate Plane
The student will graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane and use graphing to solve problems involving cartography.
TeacherLED
Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Two Quadrant Graph
Use this interactive white board activity to explore coordinate planes and graphing ordered pairs.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Simple Coordinates Game
This applet lets you play a game where you practice locating specific points using the first quadrant on the coordinate grid. Directions are only a click away.
PBS
Pbs: Horizontal and Vertical Distances on the Cartesian Graph
In this interactive, students use logic and mathematical skill to place aquatic animals at locations on a Cartesian graph with cardinal directions. Then, they determine both the vertical and horizontal distances between points. The...
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Graphing With Coordinates in the Plane
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University provides a good five-part basic graphing instructor. Covers all the basics clearly. It is divided into links for easier navigation.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Coordinate Plane
Get independent practice identifying points, graphing points and equations on the coordinate plane. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Polar Coordinates
This site offers a tutorial for Polar Coordinates. After actively involving in the site, students should be able to convert from rectangular coordinates to polar and from polar to rectangular. Students will also be able to plot points...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Functional Graphs
Students will graph input/output pairs from a simple linear function in order to gain an understanding of basic linear functions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Design Graphing Project
Students create a design by connecting points in the coordinate plane. They then program their calculators to display their designs.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Coordinate Cunning
Play this game for two and learn how to graph ordered pairs on the coordinate plane at this one page website. You will know right away if you have the correct coordinates.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Graphing Coordinates Review
Reviews how to graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. Includes examples and practice problems with detailed solutions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Polygon Classification in the Coordinate Plane
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Graph geometric figures given the ordered pairs of vertices.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid (Day 3)
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real-life examples. This instructional activity includes a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video explanation.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Scatter Plot
Graph ordered pairs and customize the graph title and axis labels. Points are connected from left to right, rather than being connected in the order they are entered.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Graph Points
Plot a given point on the coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Rectangular Coordinates
Descriptions of x- and y-coordinates are presented, followed by an interactive game that demonstrates how to plot points on the coordinate plane. Examples and exercises are provided for practice.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Coordinate Graphing
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center and is intended to help students develop an initial conceptual understanding of how to plot a set of points using a coordinate grid and to create lists to represent the ordered pairs for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpret Relationships Between Patterns
Generate patterns using given rules. Identify relationships between terms. Graph ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the patterns. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Graphs and Functions
This lesson plan is directed at introducing students to how to graph functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane. They will experience several categories of functions including lines and parabolas. Resources and interactive tools are...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Greg's Grid Graphs
This interactive web lesson investigates ordered pairs and how to plot them on a coordinate grid.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Arithmetic Practice W/ Ordered Pairs
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to have students practice simple computation that results in them graphing their answers. If they are accurate they will have a straight line. Students use an interactive...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Coordinate Geometry
Learners will participate in several activities that will build their knowledge of coordinates graphing. Students will use ordered pairs to locate points on a grid. Learners will also relate coordinate graphing to the real world through...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Analytic Geometry: Polar Coordinates
This site from The Math Forum provides great information on polar coordinates. You can access this information either by clicking on the coordinates link or just scrolling down, it is the first one listed on the page. Includes several...