ALCA Members PLC Domains Data Standards Map Plan Curriculum Assessment Strategies

How Many Steps Are There to Your Room? Copy

This activity is designed to enable you to transfer concrete data to a graph of a coordinate plane. You will be able to see the use of a coordinate plane with a real life mapping situation. You will also plot and compare this information with other students.

Engaging Questions

  • How many turns were taken on the graph before the bedroom was plotted as a point?

  • If everyone started at the same place(the orgin), did they also end up in the same place?

  • What quadrant had the most plots?

Teacher Goals

  • Draw a map from your front door to your bedroom door.

  • Translate the maps into a plot on the coordinate plane.

Required Resources

  • Material List

    • To do this activity you will need graph paper and a pencil.

  • Bedroom Plot

    • Provide the following information as indicated.

  • Checklists (Rubrics)

    • Replace with Description

Steps

  1. The Activity Begins

    • On Your Mark
      Draw a coorinate plane on a sheet of graph paper.
       
    • Get Ready
      Using a pencil mark the orgin of the coordinate plane on your graph paper.
       
    • Get Set
      Beginning at your front door, for each step taken towards your bedroom door, move one square on the graph paper. This will include making appropriate turns on the graph paper as well.
       
    • Go
      Translate your path by plotting to the coordinate plane. When you are done you should see the path to your bedroom. You should also have an order pair indicating the location of the doorway to your bedroom.
       
    • Upload & Share
      Share your result by entering the coordinates into the data form Bedroom Plot as indicated.

Teacher Notes

  • The student with a multi-level home must be considered in one of the following ways:

    • a. Student will start at the top of the staircase instead of their front door.
    • b. Student will use a different piece of graph paper for each floor (so their lines will not cross).
    • c. Student will use same piece of paper but will have to be careful of lines being crossed

Learner Notes

  • If you have a multi-level home it must be considered in one of the following ways:

    • a. One will have to start at the top of the staircase, instead of the front door if their bedroom is on the second floor.
    • b. You will have to use a different piece of paper for each floor(so their lines will not cross).
    • c. One may use the same piece of paper but will have to be careful of lines being crossed. Make a special note of the crossing.

Mentor Notes

  • Multi-level home must be considered in one of the following ways:

    • a.  The student will start at the top of the staircase instead of their front door.
    • b.  The student will use a different piece of paper for each floor(so their lines will not cross).
    • c.  The student can use a single piece of paper if it is noted where the lines are crossed.  

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