These coordinate graphing projects are fun for the student and make a great bulletin board idea as well. This project can be used by anyone studying ancient Egypt. Students will use their knowledge of coordinate graphing and ordered pairs to work creating a drawing of the Sphinx. This will be created by plotting ordered pairs and then connecting them with straight lines.
This activity can be a class project or something to be worked on independently when time allows. It also works as an extra credit assignment or when there is a substitute teacher.
This project is for intermediate coordinate graphing student but can also be used by the advanced coordinate graphing student. The graph consists of points in the first quadrant using ordered pairs with whole numbers and fractional points using the fractions 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4 for detail. When finished, they can use markers, colored pencils or other medium to enhance the project.
There are two graphs included in this project. One set is to create the entire sphinx project. In the event that takes either too much time or is to difficult for the students, we have included a graph with the face already graphed. Those coordinates are on page 3 of the project and may be eliminated if desired.
Included in this download is:
Coordinate graph paper for plotting (with a light grid. a dark grid and an easier grid with the face drawn in), a coordinate list, a full sized answer key and a sample of the completed project in color.
Also included is:
Student Directions for Plotting Coordinates, Directions for Plotting Coordinates with Fractions, Directions for Plotting Coordinates in Quadrant I, Directions for Plotting Coordinates in All Quadrants, Details for Plotting Coordinates with Fractions in Quadrant I, and Details for Plotting Coordinates with Fractions in All Quadrants.
If you like this project, please let us know. There are over 50 projects covering the entire school year and some projects which are cross curricular (Sports, Patriotism, Seasons, Holidays, History, Foreign Language and Science). Lessons begin at 4th grade and are appropriate for the Middle School and some for High School students. These projects have been used successfully at both the Elementary and Middle School levels.
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Anthony & Linda Iorlano
Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems.
Common Core State Standards
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 numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).