Geometric skills: Video playlist

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An Approximate History of Co-ordinates

Description

Praxis the robot and Alan the ‘human man’ meet Rene Descartes, who explains his system of cartesian co-ordinates.

Classroom Ideas

Use as an introduction to the basics of working with coordinates is used in lessons involving use of scale and working out gradients.