Lesson Plan: Polar Coordinates Mathematics • 12th Grade
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to define and plot points given in polar coordinates and convert between the Cartesian and polar coordinates of a point.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- describe a point on a graph using polar coordinates,
- plot a point given its polar coordinates,
- convert between polar and cartesian coordinates,
- find the distance between points in polar form.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- reading angles in radians and degrees,
- evaluating simple trigonometric expressions,
- the pythagorean theorem.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- polar equations,
- converting between polar and cartesian equations.