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Cuemath

Cuemath: What Is Pi?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about pi. This lesson targets what is pi, the pi symbol, the pi number, and the pi circle in the concept of what is pi. Check-out the interactive simulations to know more about the lesson and try your hand at solving a few...
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Definition of Circumference

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Definition of circumference. Click the "here's more" link to learn more about a circle; its radius and diameter, area, lines, slices and common sectors.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Goats and Monsters

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore methods to measure lengths of squares and radius of a circle in trying to keep a goat from escaping.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: The Pi Are Square

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use the formula given for the area of a circle and a square to solve this challenge. This one page website has the solution available for you.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Determining Unknown Values Using the Volume of a Cylinder

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson demonstrates how to work backward and use the volume of a cylinder to find an unknown value such as the radius or height. Students can check their understanding with an assessment. [4:41]
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Diameter,circumference,radius & the Discovery of Pi

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a good project for students to use to explore the circumference of a circle.
Handout
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Geometry, Section 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Geometry concepts are briefly discussed at this site, including volume of a cylinder, parallelograms, circles, trapezoids, and triangles. Sample problems and applications are included for practice.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Watching the Wheels Go `Round and `Round

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use the formula for the circumference of a circle to solve the challenge of this problem. The solution is available at this one page website.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Pi

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify pi as the ratio of a circle's diameter to a circle's circumference.
Handout
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Formulas for Angles in Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Formulas and illustrations show the different kinds of angles created by intersecting tangents, secants, radii, and in combination.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Diameter

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand the concept of diameter by learning the definition and symbols. Check-out the solved examples for better understanding and try your hand at solving a few interactive questions at the end of the page.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Cone

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about the basic properties of a cone. This lesson targets the formula, volume, parts, and shapes of a cone and has interesting solved examples and practice questions.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Meltdown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore the relationship between a circle's area and it's radius. This is framed in the context of a scene in where a pile of ice is melting into an increasingly...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G C Two Wheels and a Belt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A certain machine is to contain two wheels, one of radius 3 centimeters and one of radius 5 centimeters, whose centers are attached to points 14 centimeters apart. The manufacturer of this machine needs to produce a belt that will fit...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Geometric Probability Using Ti Navigator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will contribute a set of random points to a graph of a circle of radius 1 inscribed in a square. They will estimate the area of the circle using geometric probability.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf.1 What Exactly Is a Radian?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students use a piece of string or another tool to measure the radius of the circle and then mark off the corresponding arc length on the unit circle as many times as they need to for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 radians. They...
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Centripetal Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students observe the centripetal acceleration of an object in uniform circular motion. Relate the changes in velocity and radius to the centripetal acceleration.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Arc Length

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about arc length. This lesson targets what is arc length and the different formulas used to calculate it. Check-out the interactive simulations to know more about the lesson and try your hand at solving a few interesting...
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Circumference: Ancient Stonehenge Math Mysteries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students change the length of a radius to explore the circumference of a circle. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Power of a Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this tool to investigate what happens when point P is moved to various points within, on, and outside the circle. Can you identify any relationships among the segments and radius?
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Pyramid Panic: Basic Shapes to Advanced Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide a mummy safely through the burial chambers of a pyramid as you solve length and area problems in basic to advanced geometry. There are four game zones that deal with circles and triangles, quadrilaterals, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Radians & Arc Length

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Solve problems related to radians and arc length like finding an arc length given the central angle and radius.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Segments Formed by Intersecting Chords, Secants, and Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity is designed to help students discover several important theorems concerning lengths of segments formed by intersecting chords, secants, and tangents.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Chords, Secants, and Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners construct chords, secants, and tangents. From those constructions, they develop a deeper understanding of the terms, as well as explore certain properties of the constructions.

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