René Descartes (1596 –1650) was a French philosopher and mathematician, who invented analytic geometry, linking the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra.
COORDINATES
Do coordinates work on a sphere?
Key questions
1. Can we use coordinates in all 4 quadrants?
2. Can we problem solve using coordinates?
3. What other coordinate systems are there?
3 lessons
Literacy
stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Fly on the Ceiling by Julie Glass
The Island of Animaux by Milo McGiven
Develop...
ks2 coordinate questions - 1, 2
octagons - 1, 2
rectangles on a grid - 1, 2
slanted squares - 1, 2
squares and coordinates - 1, 2
coordinates quiz - 1, 2
Extend...
3d treasure hunt - 2