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Activity
Cool Math

Coolmath: Intro to Graphing Plotting Points

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn how to plot points on a coordinate graph.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Regression: Wing Span/height

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take measurements of individual's wing span and height and create a coordinate graph. The activity should include at least three different grade levels. Students submit an equation through "Activity Center" and the class...
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Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Looking for the Top Quark

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this interactive graphing game to practice plotting points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plain.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Analytic Geometry: Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solutions of Systems of Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Check whether an ordered pair is a solution of a system of two-variable linear inequalities. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Interactive
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Figuras Escondidas

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice graphing by playing a game in the Cartesian coordinates plane.
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Interactive
Other

Interactive Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site allows you to practice several algebraic concepts, including solving equations, factoring, and graphing. Problems are randomly generated and allow unlimited practice. Each link contains buttons that allow you to get...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of locating points on the coordinate plane. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Classifying Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will be sent ordered pairs through lists using the TI-Navigator. These pairs will then be graphed as a line graph and students will classify the shape of the quadrilateral and justify their choice.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Floral Shop Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create quadratic functions that model revenue collected and profit earned from selling bouquets in a flower shop. The students can use graphing calculators to identify the maximum value for each function. Once they identify...
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Unit Plan
Math Planet

Math Planet: Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A system of linear inequalities in two variables consists of at least two linear inequalities in the same variables. The solution of a linear inequality is the ordered pair that is a solution to all inequalities in the system and the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Coordinate Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will participate in several activities that will build their knowledge of coordinates graphing. Students will use ordered pairs to locate points on a grid. Students will also relate coordinate graphing to the real world through...
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Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Linear Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Cal State San Bernardino offers an excellent site on linear regression, including formulas and an applet that allows you to mark the locations of ordered pairs and then determines the equation of the regression line and graphs it.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Two Variable Function Pump

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter two complex numbers (z and c) as ordered pairs of real numbers, then click a button to iterate step by step. The iterates are graphed in the x-y plane and printed out in table form.
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Handout
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Algebra, Section 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The basic concepts of graphing are covered on this site, including points, slopes, equations of lines, and y-intercept. A quick discussion on the Pythagorean Theorem is also concluded. Several practice and application problems are...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Sports and Math: Will Women Athletes Ever Catch and Surpass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore, explain and make conclusions based on graphs of scatter plots of the Olympic records for men and women in the same event over the same years. Plot x- and y-values, and create linear equations from the data.
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Other

Mathman: The Fibonacci Numbers, Pineapples, Sunflowers, and the Golden Mean

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an exercise to do using a pineapple to explore Fibonacci numbers. Then find the ratios of larger to smaller of each consecutive pair of Fibonacci numbers and graph them to find out the sequence.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Who Can Make the Best Coordinate System?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn about coordinate systems in general by considering questions concerning what it is that the systems are expected do, and who decided how they look. They attempt to make their own coordinate systems using a common area...
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
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Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Position and Direction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A large collection of teacher resources dealing with position and direction (coordinates and compass directions). Includes worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, games, presentations, and smartboard files.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Domain and Range of a Function

For Students 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize functions by understanding the terms relation, range and domain.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid (Day 3)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real-life examples. This lesson includes a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video explanation.
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Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Two Step Number Patterns [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The student learns how to create number patterns involving addition and subtraction.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: In a Heartbeat [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Apply knowledge of scatter plots to discover the correlation between heartbeats per minute before and after aerobic exercise.

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