Cartesian plane (6 lessons)

In this sequence of 6 lessons, students learn to name quadrants, plot and read coordinates, and describe movements to understand position and direction on a Cartesian plane.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 6
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Explicit teaching, Worked examples, Questioning, Mathematics investigation, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords cartesian plane, translation, summative assessment

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Space
Topics Position and location
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M6SP02
Locate points in the 4 quadrants of a Cartesian plane; describe changes to the coordinates when a point is moved to a different position in the plane

Numeracy progression Positioning and locating (P5)
Number and place value (P9)

Copyright details

Organisation

Victoria State Government Department of Education

Copyright

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