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Zombie Outbreak: Coordinate Plane Graphing & Distance
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Looking for an exciting application of coordinate planes? How about a zombie apocalypse? In this print-and-go, EASEL-compatible activity, students must help the CDC stop an outbreak by plotting outbreak locations, analyzing where to place a laboratory and hospital, and computing the distance between infected individuals.
- FallCelebrate the season with a themed activity
- Coordinate PlanesTopics like graphing, quadrants, distance
- TPT Easel, Word ProblemsEasy to use in your classroom
- 6th GradeAligned to Common Core State Standards
- Math ProjectsReal-life math projects to make math real.
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Your purchase includes two formats of the same activity:
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EASEL. Assign online and manually grade.
Each format includes the same tasks:
Task 1: Plotting points on coordinate plane
Task 2: Identifying which points falls into which quadrants
Task 3: Determining the vertical or horizontal distance between points by counting units on the graph.
These tasks include 9 pages:
1 mission objective card
1 data sheet
3 task pages
1 mission completion card
3 answer key pages
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