Week 8 Reflection

View Lesson Plan - Distance and Midpoints in a larger map This lesson would be a great project at the end of the distance and midpoint lesson in Algebra 1 or Geometry. I would have my students make their own map on Google Maps and then place their map on a coordinate plane. Once their map is on a coordinate plane, they would have to find the exact coordinates for each location that they put on their maps. They would need to make sure that the axis on their graphs are labeled the correct way in order to make sure the distances were real life (everyone should be in miles). Once they transferred their maps onto a coordinate plane, I would find them find the exact distance and midpoint between each location. I would have them check their distances with the distances that Google Maps gave them. I think that this project would help students understand how the distance and midpoint formulas can be useful in real life situations. They could also check their work with the distances that Google Maps gives them in order to make sure that they are using the distance formula correctly.