In this lesson students will be introduced to the Cartesian Coordinate system of graphing and will also be introduced to the concept of linear and non-linear relations.
In this assessment, students will find the distance between points on a coordinate plane.
In this assessment task, students will be able to explain the distance between two coordinates and graph points to solve problems.
In this assessment task, students find the vertices of a square that are not in the same quadrant.
In this assessment task, students find the vertices of a rectangle that are not in the same quadrant.
In this assessment task, students find the vertices of three different rectangles and then discuss the patterns or relationships they notice in the x and y coordinates for the four points that are the vertices of each rectangle.
In this assessment task, students find the vertices for different quadrilaterals and then compare them to one another to discuss the pattern or relationship that is evident in the coordinates for rectangles that are not evident in the coordinates for a trapezoid.
In this assessment task, students plot the vertices of two rectangles and find the missing vertex for a third rectangle.
In this lesson, students play games, such as Battleship and Taxicab Geometry, to review the coordinate plane and find the distance between points.
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Some points are shown in the coordinate plane below. What is the distance between points B & C? What is the distance between points D & B? What is the ...
This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 6th grade Math content.
This resource accompanies our Rethink 6th Grade Math course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.
This lab demonstrates Ohm's law as students set up simple circuits each composed of a battery, lamp and resistor. Students calculate the current flowing through the circuits they create by solving linear equations. After solving for the current, I, for each set resistance value, students plot the three points on a Cartesian plane and note the line that is formed. They also see the direct correlation between the amount of current flowing through the lamp and its brightness.
In this lesson, students compute the length of horizontal and vertical line segments with integer coordinates for endpoints in the coordinate plane by counting the number of units between end points and using absolute value.
This is a set of three, one-page problems about how astronomers use coordinate systems. Learners will plot a constellation on a coordinate plane and/or plot the route of Mars Science Lab (MSL aka Curiosity) on the surface of Mars. Options are presented so that students may learn about the MSL mission through a NASA press release or about the coordinate plane by viewing a NASA eClips video [7 min.]. This activity is part of the Space Math multi-media modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school.
This practice provides seven problems about distance between points.
Students will extend the number line (both horizontally and vertically) to include the opposites of whole numbers. The number line serves as a model to relate integers and other rational numbers to statements of order in real-world contexts.
Students are familiar with the number line and determining the location of positive fractions, decimals, and whole numbers from previous grades.
This cross-curricular lesson was designed to give students an understanding of the relationship between the coordinate grid in math and latitude and longitude in science.
In this interactive, students use clues and logic to plot the location of aquatic animals on a Cartesian graph that represents the four cardinal directions. The three riddles in the interactive, including one that requires students to understand rate, have randomized values so that students can practice placing points at different locations on the graph. The accompanying classroom activity provides students with a review of locating points on a Cartesian graph. A response sheet helps students work with the interactive.