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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Graphs and Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This lesson plan is directed at introducing learners 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...
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Interactive
Math Slice

Math Slice: Hide and Seek

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Play hide and seek with Lion King character Timon in this interactive game where learners practice finding coordinates using ordered pairs. The game is personalized and high scores are posted.
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Unit Plan
Math.com

Math.com: Graphing Equations and Inequalities: The Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The tutorial explains how learners can solve a formula for any of its variables using the rules for solving equations. Notes, examples, and practice problems are included in the resource.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Graphing Exponential Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about exponential functions by graphing various equations representing exponential growth and decay. Graph these functions by connecting ordered pairs on x-y axes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphing Coordinates

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn step by step how to graph coordinates on a coordinate plane.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Discovering the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The student will graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane and use graphing to solve problems involving cartography.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Design Graphing Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create a design by connecting points in the coordinate plane. They then program their calculators to display their designs.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphing Coordinates: Can You Dig It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will practice solving algebraic equations and plotting X and Y coordinates on a graph to better understand the techniques archeologists use to record their discoveries at excavation sites...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mapping a Leaf

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will identify and record ordered pairs from a coordinate plane. They will examine symmetry about the axes, reflections, and symmetry in nature. They understand geometric concepts like area and perimeter, and...
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Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource One Quadrant Graph

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students can use the interactive coordinate plane to plot ordered pairs and draw lines.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Algebra Plus: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Algebra lesson focuses on using patterns and relationships to write equations with two variables to represent relationships and patterns in real-world problems, plotting ordered pairs on a coordinate grid, and interpreting the meaning of...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Horizontal and Vertical Distances on the Cartesian Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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...
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Simple Coordinates Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Math Aids

Math Aids: Graphing Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to graphing. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Functional Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will graph input/output pairs from a simple linear function in order to gain an understanding of basic linear functions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Points in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Name and graph ordered pairs of integer coordinates in a coordinate plane
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: What's the Point? (Graphing Skills Game)

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This graphing game challenges players to supply the coordinates for points shown on a series of graphs and also to plot pairs of coordinates on simple Cartesian planes.
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eBook
Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Coordinate Graphing

For Students 6th Standards
Learn about coordinate graphing with explanation and examples.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Polygon Classification in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Graph geometric figures given the ordered pairs of vertices.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Linear Systems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students find ordered pairs that satisfy a system of linear equations and solve linear systems by graphing. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graph Points

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
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.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Human Coordinate Plane: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students participate as a class in this activity using their desks as points on the coordinate plane. The teacher leads them in the activity, increasing their understanding of the characteristics of the coordinate plane.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Coordinates and the Cartesian Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A brief refresher on the Cartesian plane includes how points are written in (x,y) format and oriented to the axes, and which directions are positive and negative. Then students learn about what it means for a relation to be a function...