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Make a Design by Plotting Points
Dan Schmidt
Santa Rosa District Schools
Description
Students design a picture by plotting points on graph paper and then color their designs.
Standards
Florida Sunshine State Standards
MA.C.3.4.2
Using a rectangular coordinate system (graph), applies and algebraically verifies properties of two-and three- dimensional figures, including distance, midpoint, slope, parallelism, and perpendicularity.
Florida Process Standards
Critical and Creative Thinkers
04 Florida students use creative thinking skills to generate new ideas, make the best decision, recognize and solve problems through reasoning, interpret symbolic data, and develop efficient techniques for lifelong learning.
Materials
-Straight edge
-Graph Paper
-Crayons
Preparations
1. Duplicate graph paper and rubric for each student. Most likely you will need extra sheets of graph paper for each student.
2. Collect or buy 3 or 4 boxes of crayons.
Procedures
1. Review with students how to: a) Plot points on a coordinate plane and b) How to label points on a coordinate plane.
2. Illustrate an example. (See Attached Files). Note: there are two parts to this design. Each part is a separate design. Students may need to have many parts to complete their design.
3. Hand out graph paper (several sheets), straight edge and a rubric for scoring project.
4. Review the rubric (See Attached Files) with the students.
5. Students will then make up a design on their own. They will then turn in a copy of their designs along with a separate sheet of their labeled points and the different parts if needed.
Assessments
Follow the rubric (attachment two)
Note: The creativity assessment is totally up to the instructor. I would give the maximum points for creativity if I would use the student's design in other classes.
Extensions
Once the student completes his or her design, he can determine the slope between each coordinate.
Attached Files
Design Example and Rubric File Extension: pdf
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