Unit 7 · Culminating Projects
Integers & Coordinate Plane in Action
Two project versions that pull together everything from Unit 7 — plotting ordered pairs in all four quadrants, reflecting points across axes, computing distances with absolute value, and interpreting positive and negative integers in real-world contexts. Pick one, or run them as differentiated options. Each is self-guided, interactive, and printable.
Choose Your Version
Two Ways to Show Mastery
🎢 Theme Park Map Designer
Design a theme park on the coordinate plane: plot 5 named attractions, identify each one's quadrant or axis, measure walking distance between attractions that share an axis using absolute value, reflect an attraction across the axes, then convert the park's width to real miles and compare blueprints with a partner. EN/ES, Level 1/2, save and report built in.
Version B · Real-World Investigation🌊 Submarine Mission Control
Track YOUR elevation and temperature life with integers: enter your highest and lowest places and real temperatures, compute absolute-value distance from sea level, and order readings — then compare with a partner and with real ocean-zone depths and world record temperatures. EN/ES, Level 1/2, save and report built in.
Students Start Here
Pick Your Path
Same math, same rubric. Both versions practice the exact same skills and are graded the same way — choose the story that sounds more fun to you.
Take your time. Plan for two to three class periods. Your work saves automatically, so you can stop and come back.
Stuck on writing? Every response box has a “Need a starter?” helper, and the last step includes a Rate My Work check before you turn it in.
For the Teacher
How to Use These Projects
Standards: 6.NOS.5 (positive and negative integers in context), 6.NOS.6 (plotting on the coordinate plane, reflections across axes), 6.NOS.8 (absolute value, comparing and ordering integers), 6.NOS.9 (distance between points on the coordinate plane).
Both versions are parallel. They assess the same skills through different contexts — coordinate-plane design vs. ocean-data investigation — so you can assign Version A and Version B to different students and grade on the same rubric (built into each project). Great for choice boards, make-up work, or A/B class sections.
Built in: live calculators with instant feedback, an inline SVG coordinate grid (Version A), a sticky progress bar, hints for scaffolding, a written deliverable, a student checklist, a 4-point rubric, and a print button so students can turn in a finished plan.
Answer key: Open the teacher answer key for both versions.