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Introduces students to plotting points on the Cartesian coordinate system -- an alternative to "Graphing and the Coordinate Plane."

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Statistics

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, functions, graph, linear equations, linear functions, negative number, planes, slope

Students consider the patterns that emerge from agent models and geometric fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Modeling

Related Topics: agent modeling, fractals, pattern, recursion, self-similarity

Students learn basic ideas about graphing points on the coordinate plane.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry

Related Topics: algebra, axis, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, graph, linear functions, lines, negative number, number line, pattern, planes, positive number, quadrant, slope

This lesson shows elementary students how they can know, for certain, that rigid motions like reflections, rotations, and translations create a shape congruent to the original.

Audiences: Grades 3-5

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: congruent, reflections, rotation, transformation, translation

Introduces students to concepts of transformations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry

Related Topics: angles, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, dimension, distance, flips, geometry, glides, graph, hexagon, image, parallelogram, pattern, planes, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, squares, symmetry, tessellations, transformation, translation, transpose, triangles

Build your own polygon and transform it in the Cartesian coordinate system. Experiment with reflections across any line, revolving around any line (which yields a 3-D image), rotations about any point, and translations in any direction.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: angles, calculus, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, polygon, polyhedra, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose

Build a "floor tile" by dragging the corners of a quadrilateral. Learn about tessellation of quadrilateral figures when the shape you built is tiled over an area.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: angles, area, coordinate plane, coordinate system, length, pattern, planes, quadrilaterals, rectangles, reflections, rhombus, rotation, slides, symmetry, tessellations, transformation, translation

Investigate the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying the coordinates of a randomly generated point, or requesting that a particular point be plotted. General Coordinates Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry

Related Topics: algebra, assessment, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, graph

Investigate the Cartesian coordinate system by directing a robot through a mine field laid out on the plane. Maze Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, graph

Investigate the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying the coordinates of randomly generated points, or requesting that a particular point be plotted. Simple Coordinates Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, graph, integers

Investigate the first quardant of the Cartesian coordinate system by directing a robot through a mine field laid out on the grid. Simple Maze Game is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, distance, graph

Plot ordered pairs of numbers, either as a scatter plot or with the dots connected. Points are connected from right to left, rather than being connected in the order they are entered.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, data plot, decimals, graph

Create a tessellation by deforming a triangle, rectangle or hexagon to form a polygon that tiles the plane. Corners of the polygons may be dragged, and corresponding edges of the polygons may be dragged. Parameters: Colors, starting polygon.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: angles, area, flips, geometry, glides, hexagon, length, pattern, planes, polygon, reflections, rotation, slides, squares, symmetry, tessellations

Explore the world of translations, reflections, and rotations in the Cartesian coordinate system by transforming squares, triangles and parallelograms. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, hexagon, image, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose, triangle

Build your own polygon and transform it in the Cartesian coordinate system. Experiment with reflections across any line, rotations about any point, and translations in any direction. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Graphs

Related Topics: angles, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, flips, geometry, glides, graph, image, linear equations, polygon, pre-image, reflections, rotation, symmetry, transformation, translation, transpose