Now playing video 2 of 3
An Approximate History of Co-ordinates
Description
Praxis the robot and Alan the 鈥榟uman man鈥 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.
Geometric skills
Now playing video 2 of 3