Lesson Plan: Distance on the Coordinate Plane: Pythagorean Formula Mathematics • 8th Grade

This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to find the distance between two points on the coordinate plane using the Pythagorean theorem.

Objectives

Students will be able to

  • find the distance between two points in the coordinate plane using the Pythagorean theorem,
  • find a missing coordinate given the distance between two points,
  • solve word problems by finding the distance between two points on the coordinate plane.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

  • finding horizontal and vertical distances in the coordinate plane,
  • finding missing lengths using the Pythagorean theorem.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

  • 3D coordinates.

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