Friday, 6 January 2012

Mon Jan 9th – Fixing a point on a flat surface using X and Y coordiinates

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To Devise your own system for describing where something is on a square grid

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to use a coordinate system to fix things on a flat surface

STARTER: Can you describe how to get to each of the separate objects on this grid from the start point in the bottom left hand corner.

LESSON: Encourage Discussion about describing where the animals on the grid are in answer to the tarter question

Work through MyMaths Lesson On Coordinates

Stop at the letter grid screen and after doing the on screen Questions can you decode this message

(4,1) (4,6) (6,5) (6,0) (4,4) space (0,2) (4,4) space (4,6) (0,8) (2,7)

Can you code your own message and see if someone esle on your table can decode it for you

EXTENSION: Create your own Alphabet grid and create a scercet message from coordinates from it.

Only Someone with your grid can now decode your message. Give the grid and your codede message to another person – Can they decode your grid?

PLENARY: Checking answers throughout the lesson, Discussions throughout the lesson. Quick summary challenges using a grid on IWB With Students

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