Cartesian Battleship

Another great game from Dan Meyer's blog is Cartesian Battleship. He really has some great stuff, including in this case worksheets and overheads. This activity is probably a little to simple for Grade 10, but would be a fun way to review the cartesian plane.

Cup Stacking

Another great activity shared at Dan Meyer's blog is Linear Fun #2 Stacking Cups. It challenges students to use styrofoam cups to measure the teacher. Its the type of activity that hits a wide range of curriculum points at the same time.

Vector Racer–Teaching Slope

Dan Meyer has a great blog. It has served as an inspiration for my teaching and has some great and creative ideas for teaching math. Race Track is a game to familiarize students with the cartesian plane (and some basic physics principles) by racing around a track. http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=2008. A more precise description is given here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_(game). This is also known as vector racer and there are online versions.