PURPOSE: To illustrate a standard right-handed cartesian coordinate system.

DESCRIPTION: Use it to show students what a cartesian coordinate system looks like in three dimensions and to remind students of the relationship between the directions chosen for the three axes. The axes are labeled x (red, pointing right), y (white, pointing up), and z (blue, pointing out, toward camera).

SUGGESTIONS:

REFERENCES: (PIRA 1A30.10)

EQUIPMENT: Labeled axes, as photographed.

SETUP TIME: None.