Solving Geometric Problems Using Coordinates

Section 14-3

Activity Name Activity Description
Simple Maze Game Students input positive ordered pairs of Cartesian coordinates in order to safely direct a 'robot' through a maze of 'mines' in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane.
Maze Game Students input positive ordered pairs of Cartesian coordinates in order to safely direct a 'robot' through a maze of 'mines' on the coordinate plane.
Triangle Explorer The applet creates a right triangle on a grid. Students determine area of the triangle and check their answers with input to the applet. The applet also supplies a 'hint' function that outlines a rectangle containing the original triangle.