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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 co-ordinates. Explore the link between algebra and co-ordinates, showing how line equations, simultaneous equations and polynomials can be understood geometrically.
Geometric skills
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