Today Mr. Lewis had his students working on the inter-write board plotting points in the various quadrants. The students seemed to enjoy the activity on the inter-write board.
Friday, June 1, 2012
The Cartesian Coordinate System
The Cartesian coordinate system was developed by the mathematician Descartes during an illness. As he lay in bed sick, he saw a fly buzzing around on the ceiling, which was made of square tiles. As he watched he realized that he could describe the position of the fly by the ceiling tile he was on. After this experience he developed the coordinate plane to make it easier to describe the position of objects.
Today Mr. Lewis had his students working on the inter-write board plotting points in the various quadrants. The students seemed to enjoy the activity on the inter-write board.
Today Mr. Lewis had his students working on the inter-write board plotting points in the various quadrants. The students seemed to enjoy the activity on the inter-write board.
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The Cartesian coordinate system is very helpful in understanding the different graphs and equations or complex numbers.
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