We are a Middle School Year 7 Class exploring Maths and Science. This term we are looking at negative numbers, equations and measurement in Maths. Our Science classes will be focusing on Solids, Liquids, Gases, Mixtures and Solutions. Looking forward to another great term of learning!! We welcome your comments and feedback.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Cartesian Plane
The cartesian plane is a way of finding out coordinates. In 1609, Rene Descartes was lying in his bed watching a fly on the ceiling, trying to find it's coordinates. In addition to this he develped the Cartesian Plane. This is quite hard to beleive as the Cartesian Plane helps us a lot with mapping. Without it, we would be lost. A cartesian plane consists of a Y axis and a X Axis. One quadrant only consists of positive numbers and a full Cartesian Plane includes positive and negative numbers.
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