City Tour (Coordinates)
Go sightseeing in fictional cities all over the world. Learn about coordinates on a graph by navigating around these cities on a grid-like city map. Some landmarks are shown on the map. For others, you are only given the coordinates. Can you find all of them?
LESSON MATERIALS:
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Vocabulary Sheet
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Student Exploration Sheet
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Exploration Sheet Answer Key
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Teacher Guide
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the position of a point on a city map based on its avenue and street.
- Write coordinates as an ordered pair.
- List the coordinates of a location on a grid.
- Given the coordinates of a point, move to the correct location on a grid.
VOCABULARY:
- coordinates, horizontal axis, ordered pair, origin, vertical axis
User Recommendations (2):
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The students loved finding out what was at each location.
By: Julie Goedhart | Recommended 80 days ago
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This Gizmo helped students understand the real world application of using a coordinate grid plane.
By: Donna Barton (Florida) | Recommended 118 days ago
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