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| Understanding Coordinates: | Students are asked to explain the meaning of each coordinate and identify the x- and y-coordinates of a given ordered pair. |
| On the Coordinate Plane: | Students are asked to graph points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane. |
| Properties of Coordinate Planes: | Students describe the different components of a coordinate plane and then determine the coordinates of a point located in quadrant one. |
| Name the Ordered Pair: | Students determine the coordinates of the fourth vertex of a rectangle on the coordinate plane. |
| Making Bracelets: | Students determine and graph the relationship between two variables set in a real world context, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation. |
| Coordinates: | Students will use directions provided to locate a point on the coordinate plane and then identify its x- and y-coordinates. |
| What Do the Coordinates Mean?: | Students are asked to explain the meaning of each coordinate and identify the x- and y-coordinates of a given ordered pair. |
| Mowing the Lawn: | Students are asked to determine and graph the relationship between two variables within a real world context. |
| Comic Books: | Students are asked to complete one of two number patterns, write ordered pairs composed of corresponding terms, graph the ordered pairs, and identify a relationship between corresponding terms of the patterns. |
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Description |
| Plot the Constitution: | Students will work with a landscape architect to develop a plan for fountain placements and a walking path for a new city park. To complete the task, students must analyze and rank the U.S. Constitution‘s Bill of Rights according to the client’s directives. Students will apply geometry concepts to accurately plot and label coordinates on a park map. Throughout the process, students will work collaboratively to analyze and discuss their reasoning in this model eliciting activity. |
| Voter Turnout and the 19th Amendment: | Students will graph and analyze voting data to explain how the 19th Amendment expanded civic participation in this lesson plan. |
| Voter Turnout and the 15th Amendment: | In this lesson plan, students will graph and analyze voting data to explain how the 15th Amendment expanded civic participation. |
| How Does Force Affect Motion?: | Students will explore how force affects an object's motion. Students will discuss how the greater the mass of an object, the greater the force required to move an object. Students will use data gathered through experimentation to justify their reasoning and understanding of forces and motion. |
| Hop on the Grid: | In this lesson students will learn how to plot ordered pairs on a grid. The students will physically hop on a (12x12) coordinate grid created by the teacher. The student will accurately plot ordered pairs given. |
| Graphy Graphy: | In this lesson, students will learn how to create a situational story problem using two coordinate points on a grid. The students will then be able to plot and describe the path traveled from the starting point to the destination based on the information presented in the situation. |
| Keeping Your Cool With Your Lunch Bag: | On this MEA activity, students will create a procedure to rank five lunch bags as to which one is the best in keeping food and drinks at a safe temperature and appealing to the taste, while keeping design and price on target.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
| Plotting for Treasure: | In this lesson, students will identify and graph points on the first quadrant of a coordinate plane and then use their knowledge to create and play a game to determine the position of treasure as indicated on a coordinate plane. |
| Human Ordered Pairs: | This is a fun hands-on and interactive lesson on graphing ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. |
| Cool School: | In this lesson, students will take an imaginary trip to my lake house. They will solve a variety of real life word problems. Once at the lake they will experience many activities where they will need number sense. For the assessment, students will record and analyze data in order to determine who the best angler was at "Cool School." |
| Graphing points on the coordinate plane.: | This lesson introduces the students to the coordinate system. |
| Dig That Grid!: | In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of coordinates and coordinate pairs in a real life situation as they become archaeologists excavating a dig site. They will measure their site, label the grids with correct coordinates and use coordinate pairs to record the location of the artifacts they discover. |
| "Design A Town" Coordinates: | Students will learn how to plot coordinates on the x and y-axis in the first quadrant. Students will start with plotting and creating simple shapes and progress through more complex shapes. The wrap up lesson will have the students plot and create their own town. |
| Map It Out!!: | In this lesson, students will use real life maps and apply their knowledge of coordinates (ordered pairs) in order to identify and name specific locations on a map and explain the relevance to their life. |
| Quadrant Shuffle: | Students will work cooperatively using varying modalities in order to demonstrate how to graph coordinates(ordered pairs) on a coordinate plane. Students will be engaged in singing, dancing, and using either stickers or self created illustrations to create a coordinate grid treasure map. |
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