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• ID Code: A2-01
• Purpose: Illustrate a standard right-handed cartesian coordinate system
• Description: Used 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).

  As students: Why does the orientation matter? What is the difference between rotating axes and reflecting them? (Compare L2-05)

• Availability: Available
• References: REFERENCES: (PIRA 1A30.10)
• Loc codes: A2