Coordinate Games

Featured today are three games you can use to either introduce coordinate planes and geometry, or review for coordinate points using the following activities and interactive.

• Tic-Tac-Toe

• This site helps reinforce the skills of naming coordinates and graphing points on the Cartesian plane.
• http://www.nysparents.com/pdfs/nys_grade6_Coordinate.pdf
• http://betterlesson.com/lesson/12447/coordinate-plane-and-coordinates
• 3D Coordinate Puzzle

• Here’s one of them! A puzzle involving 3D coordinates where pupils have to use the given clues to find the buried treasure in a 3D grid. Great for a group investigation or a homework.
• http://www.greatmathsteachingideas.com/2011/09/26/3d-coordinates-puzzle/

• Battleship
• Interactive 4 Quadrant Battleships game for use on Interactive Whiteboard. Also contains templates for pupils to play.
• http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Battleships-6018206/