SILO 6.2 (DRAFT)

Year 6, Term 2: Cartesian geometry

Focus: Coordinates

Scope and sequence: Coordinates

Learning intention: Students explore the Cartesian coordinate system linking geometry with algebra.

NSW Syllabus
Australian Curriculum (version 9.0)
"A student locates and describes points on a coordinate plane." (MA3-GM-01)
"Students learn to recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane." (AC9M6N01)


Week 1

René Descartes

René Descartes 1596 – 1650 (Triple threat: Science, philosophy and mathematics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes#/media/File:Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg

Science

“It was René Descartes (1596-1650) in 1637 who initially described the heart as a mechanical pump and the body as a machine” (Loxley, Dawes, Nicholls & Dore, 2018, p. 253).

Philosophy

“I think; therefore I am” which means we cannot doubt our existence while we doubt.

https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/71353975316940566/

Mathematics

Cartesian coordinates

 

Week 2

Euclidean geometry

Cartesian coordinates

https://socratic.org/questions/where-is-the-x-axis-and-y-axis-located


 

Week 3

 

Week 4

 

Week 5

 

Week 6

 

Week 7

 

Week 8

Linking geometry with algebra

 

Week 9

 

Week 10

Moderated self-assessment


 

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