Spring Constellations Mystery Picture : Distance Learning

Four Quadrants

This coordinate graphing project is fun for the student and makes a great bulletin board idea as well. This project is a representation of the constellations of the spring sky as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. Students will put their knowledge of coordinate systems, coordinate graphing and ordered pairs to work creating a drawing of the constellations. This will be created by plotting ordered pairs and then connecting them with straight lines.

This activity can be a class project or something to be worked on independently when time allows. It also works as an extra credit assignment or when there is a substitute.

This project is for the intermediate student. The graph consists of points in all four quadrants using ordered pairs with integers and fractional points using the fractions 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 for detail. When finished, they can use markers, colored pencils or other medium to enhance the project.

Included in this download is:

      * Coordinate graph paper for plotting (with both a light, medium and dark grid)

      * Coordinate list

      * Full sized answer key

      * Sample of the completed project in color.

Also included is:

      * Student Directions for Plotting Coordinates

      * Directions for Plotting Coordinates with Fractions

      * Directions for Plotting Coordinates in Quadrant I

      * Directions for Plotting Coordinates in All Quadrants

      * Details for Plotting Coordinates with Fractions in Quadrant I

      * Details for Plotting Coordinates with Fractions in All Quadrants.

If you like this project, please let us know. There are many projects covering the entire school year and some projects which are cross curricular (Sports, Patriotism, Seasons, Holidays, History, Foreign Language and Science). Lessons begin at 2nd grade and are appropriate for the Elementary School, Middle School and some for High School students. These projects have been used successfully at both the Elementary and Middle School levels.

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NCTM Standards

Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems.

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.1 Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

Keywords: Coordinate Drawing, Coordinate Graphing, Mystery Picture, Grid, Grids, Plotting, Abscissa, Ordinate, Constellations, Stars, Northern Hemisphere