Cartesian Plane Drawing Makes Plotting Coordinates Fun!

This differentiated set of Cartesian plane drawings is an engaging way for your students to practice plotting coordinates. Once students plot the correct coordinates, a picture appears, providing immediate feedback. This resource is a great addition to any Cartesian plane unit.

This set comes with the following Cartesian plane drawings: 

• Rocket (easy)
• House (medium)
• Lion (hard)

Let your students choose the picture of their choice, or assign them based on ability.

Directions:

1. Give students a Cartesian plane drawing worksheet, a pencil, a ruler, and coloured pencils or crayons.
2. Students plot two coordinates at a time and use a ruler to draw a line between them.
3. Students add colour and other finishing touches to their picture.

The Importance of the Cartesian Plane

When engaged in a fun activity such as this, students may not immediately recognise the importance of learning to plot coordinates. However, this skill is foundational to many other future maths concepts, including:

• Graphing Linear Equations
• Slope and Intercept
• Functions
• Inequalities
• Systems of Equations
• Transformations

Learning to plot coordinates is the first step in a longer mathematical journey!

Download, Print and Plot

These Cartesian plane drawings are available in easy-to-print PDF format. Click the drop-down arrow located on the download button to download your set today and get your students plotting!

More Cartesian Plane Activities

We have many more activities that will complement a unit on Cartesian planes. Take a look at some of them below!

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Cartesian Plane Mystery Pictures

Practise graphing on the Cartesian plane with this set of differentiated mystery pictures.

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Graphing on the Cartesian Plane Teaching Slides

Teach your students how to plot points on a graph using ordered pairs from input-output tables with this set of teaching slides.