http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/duk_/lessons/duk_dimension_tech_less/duk_dimension_tech_less.xmllessontext/xmlTechtronics Program, Cartesian coordinate systemplaneaxesgraphingDimensionAxisPlaneOrdered PairGraphOriginCartesian Coordinate System

The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. It is important for structural engineers to be confident graphing in 3D in order to be able to describe locations in space to fellow engineers.

Engineers use a coordinate system whenever they create engineering drawings of something, and the Cartesian coordinate system described in this lesson is used most often. At the end of the lesson the student should be able to find a point in space given the X, Y, and Z coordinates. At the end of the lesson the student should be able to give the X, Y, and Z coordinates, given a point in space relative to a specified coordinate system and origin. 40TeachEngineering.orgBen Burnham (Primary content creator), Pratt School of Engineering, Duke UniversityS101DA63North_CarolinaMath2.01 Estimate and measure length, perimeter, area, angles, weight, and mass of two- and three-dimensional figures, using appropriate tools.66S10020E7North_CarolinaMath3.04 Solve problems involving geometric figures in the coordinate plane.66United StatesCopyright 2012 - Techtronics Program, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke Universityhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2008-09-266Teacher