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Coordinates inquiry

A sequenced lesson designed to scaffold and build student understanding of coordinates: plotting coordinates in all four quadrants, identifying vertices of quadrilaterals, and identifying the properties of the shape formed. Students may choose to work individually or in pairs throughout the lesson to build on their understandings. Examples of student questions and responses are provided, as well as examples of different teaching approaches, with visuals to guide the teacher to build and develop student understanding of the topic. Additionally, a prompt sheet and PowerPoint presentation have been provided.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment task, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation, Metacognitive strategies, Questioning, Structuring lessons
Keywords	coordinate plan, gradients of parallel, perpendiclar lines, coordinates and polygons, x-coordinate, y-coordinate, x-intercept, y-intercept
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	ICT general capability, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Algebra, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Algebraic expressions, Addition and subtraction, Data representation and interpretation, Linear relationships, Non-linear relationships, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M9A03 Find the gradient of a line segment, the midpoint of the line interval and the distance between 2 distinct points on the Cartesian plane
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P9)
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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