Pick a Mode and Grid
Choose Timed or Survival, then Easy, Medium, or Hard. The island redraws with a new set of landmarks.
Read the Locate Clue
The prompt shows one icon. Find that same icon on the map and count across X, then up Y, starting at (0, 0) in the lower left.
Enter the Ordered Pair
Tap the map, or type X and Y on the pad. Press OK to plot your point.
Plot the Next Landmark
A correct pair sparks the cell and adds a point. A miss flashes the true coordinates. Keep hunting until time or lives run out.
Island Map With a Dashed Grid
A painted first-quadrant island sits under X and Y axes. Landmarks sit on integer points so students can count units from the origin instead of guessing.
Type It or Tap the Map
Use the number pad to fill X then Y, or tap a grid intersection to drop both values. OK confirms the ordered pair.
Three Grid Sizes
Easy uses a 0–4 by 0–3 map. Medium matches a classic 0–8 by 0–4 hunt. Hard stretches to 0–10 by 0–6 with a crowded shoreline.
Timed Raid or Survival
Race the 75-second clock, or play with three lives. High scores stay on this device so students can beat their last haul.
Island Coordinates is a first-quadrant graphing game. Students locate pirates, chests, palms, and other landmarks on a treasure map, then enter each ordered pair (x, y). The grid always starts at the origin in the lower left, matching how fifth-grade coordinate-plane lessons introduce the x-axis (across) and y-axis (up). Easy, medium, and hard maps grow the grid so the same mechanic scales from small boards to denser hunts.
Makes Ordered Pairs Concrete
Kids see a real object sitting on a grid point, then write the pair. That visual-to-symbol loop is the core of early coordinate-plane work.
Practices Origin and Direction
Every round starts from (0, 0). Students have to move right for X and up for Y, which prevents the common mix-up of swapping the two values.
Works on Touch and Keyboard
Tapping a cell is fast on a tablet. The number pad matches classroom graphing worksheets where students write the pair themselves.
Grows With the Lesson
A 5-by-4 board is enough for first lessons. The larger maps add more counting and more landmarks without changing the rules.
Only the first quadrant. X and Y are never negative, which matches typical fourth- and fifth-grade introductions to the coordinate plane.
No. Tap the map to fill X and Y, then press OK. You can also type with the pad if you want worksheet-style practice.
The size of the grid and how many landmarks appear. Easy is 0–4 by 0–3. Medium is 0–8 by 0–4. Hard is 0–10 by 0–6.
The game marks it wrong and briefly highlights the true point so you can see both the pair you entered and the pair that was asked.
Fourth and fifth grade (about ages 9–11), when students first plot ordered pairs in the first quadrant. Younger students can use Easy; older students can race Hard.