Lesson Overview
Students will use their knowledge of coordiante planes to create and help enginner a new, more effective city plan.
Essential Question
How can the coordinate plane be used in our daily lives?
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- 5.G Geometry
- 5.G.1 Define a coordinate system.
- 5.G.1.a The x- and y-axes are perpendicular number lines that intersect at 0 (the origin);
- 5.G.1.b Any point on the coordinate plane can be represented by its coordinates;
- 5.G.1.c The first number in an ordered pair is the x-coordinate and represents the horizontal distance from the origin;
- 5.G.1.d The second number in an ordered pair is the y-coordinate and represents the vertical distance from the origin.
- 5.G.1 Define a coordinate system.
- 3 Use critical thinking skills to justify mathematical reasoning and critique the reasoning of others.
Lesson Created By: MalloryTurner