teaching resource

Drawing With Ordered Pairs - Rocket

Updated: 18 May 2023

Students create a rocket ship by plotting a set of ordered pairs.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 2 Pages
Grades: 5 - 6

Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.1

Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numb...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.2

Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.8

Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.

teaching resource

Drawing With Ordered Pairs - Rocket

Updated: 18 May 2023

Students create a rocket ship by plotting a set of ordered pairs.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 2 Pages
Grades: 5 - 6

Students create a rocket ship by plotting a set of ordered pairs.

Use this resource when teaching students how to plot ordered pairs on a coordinate grid.

Students plot a series of ordered pairs and then connect the dots.

This resource makes a great math center activity.

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Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.1

Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numb...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.A.2

Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.8

Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.

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