Plot Coordinates Discussion Problem

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Use this Year 4 Plot Coordinates Discussion Problem resource to allow your pupils to use their knowledge of plotting coordinates in the first quadrant to complete a creative task. Set in the context of designing a space station for NASA, pupils will find this problem both motivating and challenging. Get them to work together in pairs or small groups and watch their enjoyment and confidence soar as they learn to think flexibly.

An example answer is provided although, due to the open-ended nature of the task, it may not be the solution that your pupils arrive at.


Curriculum Objectives

  • Describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant
  • Plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon

Tags

Position and Direction

Summer

4P3a

4P3b