Polar Coordinate Investigation (Points, Graphs, Practice Problems)

A task to take your students through discovery of what polar coordinates are and the graphs that they make. Students should be able to complete this alone or with a partner with little to no instruction - as stated, an investigation!

The investigation will take students through the following:

Part I: Plotting Polar Points

Part II: Polar Graphs

Part III: Conic Sections in Polar

Part IV: Students create graphs

For a themed project that explores the fun graphs that polar coordinates can create, check out my Polar Coordinates Date Project!