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Investigating the properties of a circle

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Students use wax paper to look at different properties of circles such as chords, tangent lines, inscribed angles, and inscribed angles in a semi-circle, as well as finding the center of the circle, and use GSP to investigate cyclic quadrilaterals.

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chords, angles, circles, tangent, trigonometric ratios

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angles, chords, circles, gsp, tangents, math
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Technology
Ed Software

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