About the Lesson
This lesson involves a brief introduction to the polar coordinate system.
As a result, students will:
- Determine the location (quadrant) of various points given in polar form.
- Recognize cases in which a point lies on an axis.
- Convert points between polar and rectangular form.
- Discover that the polar coordinates for a point are not unique.
- Sketch the graphs of polar equations.
- Use their calculators to check graphs sketched using paper and pencil.
*Note: This activity contains an optional AP Practice Questions document for those students preparing for the AP Precalculus Exam.