Section 2: Integers and Coordinates

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 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

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

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