Gottfried Leibniz (1646 –1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. The development of the Cartesian coordinate system would play a fundamental role in the development of the calculus by Isaac Newton and Leibniz.
MODELLING GRAPHICALLY
Are there any patterns in a random walk?
Key questions
Can we construct and label Cartesian axes?
Can we accurately plot points in the Cartesian plane?
How can we link equations and graphs?
Can we problem solve with graphs?
4 lessons
Specification detail
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
The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensburger
Introduce...
graphs and positive coordinates - 1, 2, 4
graphs and negative coordinates - 1, 2, 4
conversion graphs - 1, 2, 4
old oak - 4
warmsnug - 1, 2, 3, 4
carat - 1, 2, 4
feelings - 1, 2, 4
Develop...
thinking and braking - 1, 2, 4
temperature conversion - 1, 2, 3, 4
time distance smile - 1, 2, 4
no brakes bruce - 1, 2, 4
speed distance time - 3, 4
linear relations 1 - 3, 4
linear relations 2 - 3, 4
four in a line - 2, 3
Extend...
alcohol - 1, 2, 3, 4
design a water tank - 1, 2, 3, 4
carbon dating - 1, 2, 3, 4
the missing planet - 1, 2 , 3, 4
harbour tide - 1, 2, 3, 4
motorcycle ratios - 1, 2, 3, 4
point of no return - 1, 2, 3, 4
random walks - 4