Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: Area of a Circle

For Teachers 7th Standards
Seventh graders will compare the formula for the area of a regular polygon to discover the formula for the area of a circle.
Activity
George Mason University

Area Formula Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this set of worksheet activities, students will be guided to discover formulas for area of polygonal shapes and circles.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding the Area of Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students discover a very intuitive method for determining the area of a regular polygon. They use that information to develop the standard area formula.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Surface Area of Pyramids and Cones

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry-based lesson, students will discover the formulas for the surface area of pyramids and cones. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Arc Lengths and Sector Areas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will work in cooperative groups to discover the relationships between arc length, central angle measure, and circumference. They will also discover the relationship between circle area, central angle measures, and sector area....
Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Actividades Con El Geoplano Formula De Pick

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity will lead you to the formula that was discovered by G. Pick in 1899. Gather all the data obtained in each of the activities and make a connection between the interior points, the points on the edge and the area...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: How Totally Square Part Ii

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students understand the concept of perimeter of a square, and discover its formula.
Activity
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize Review Circle Introduction

For Students 5th - 9th
Do you need to learn about Pi, circumference, or the area of a circle or just have a quick refresher about them? This British web site will take you through the basics and offers a quick on-line test to help you check your understanding.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Circles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Explore everything about circles. Learn various parts of a circle like a diameter, radius, circumference, circles chord, tangent circles, major arc, segment, sector, and discover other interesting aspects of it. Try your hand at solving...
Unit Plan
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Hemisphere

For Students 9th - 10th
MathWorld gives a simple and complex definition of a hemisphere. The formula for the volume of a hemisphere is also given.
Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Hemisphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This InterMath site gives a decription of a hemisphere along with a visual representation. Be sure to use the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive checkpoint involving...