Mathematics / Year 6 / Measurement and Geometry / Location and transformation

Curriculum content descriptions

Introduce the Cartesian coordinate system using all four quadrants (ACMMG143)

Elaborations
  • understanding that the Cartesian plane provides a graphical or visual way of describing location
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Cartesian coordinates

Interactive

Syllabus bites – Cartesian coordinate system

This Bite is an introduction to the history, terminology, components and use of the Cartesian coordinate system. After completing the resource, students can proceed to six related Syllabus bites modules focusing on transformations on the Cartesian plane.

Interactive

Cartesian planes

This resource is designed to support student learning in Stage 3 Mathematics. It provides an interactive introduction to the Cartesian plane, its components and the use of Cartesian coordinates.

Interactive

The Numberline

An interactive tool that can help students explore a number line, including points representing integers, fractions and decimals

Interactive

Sites2See – number for primary

Selected links to a range of interactive online resources for the study of number in Foundation to Year 6 Mathematics.

Video

MathXplosion, Ep 33: On the grid

Explore graphs, grids and mapping with a focus on reading and writing location data using coordinate geometry. Grids and maps illustrate the concepts of parallel/perpendicular lines (axes or labelled number lines), ordered pairs and intersection points.

Video

What are pixels?

Meet Kevin Systrom and Piper Hanson as they explain how digital images work. What are pixels, those tiny dots of light, made from? How are colours created and represented? What does Kevin say about the way mathematical functions are used to create different image filters. What is the difference between image resolution ...