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Curated OER

Labs from YSI 95: Telescopes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build a telescope and give quantification of its magnification and field of view while making observations regarding images. In this telescope lesson, students use a simple lens to project a scene and examine various telescope...
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Curated OER

Circles

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
A very basic presentation on the vocabulary associated with circles has come around. Math whizzes see definitions and examples of the radius, diameter, chord, and central angle of a circle. The last slide says "practice time," but there...
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Curated OER

Measuring the Sun's Diameter

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars project and measure the suns image using a refracting telescope.  In this sun's diameter lesson students calculate the magnification of the telescope and determine the diameter if the Sun. 
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EduGAINs

Discovery of Pi

For Teachers 8th Standards
Serve up a slice of math for Pi Day! A combination of fun, hands-on lessons and helpful worksheets encourage learners to practice finding the radius, diameter, and circumference of different circles.
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University of Colorado

The Moons of Jupiter

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can you name the three planets with rings in our solar system? Everyone knows Saturn, many know Uranus, but most people are surprised to learn that Jupiter also has a ring. The third in a series of six teaches pupils what is around...
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Virginia Department of Education

Going the Distance

For Teachers 6th Standards
Estimate the value of one of the most famous irrational numbers. The hands-on lesson plan instructs classmates to measure the circumference and diameters of circles using yarn. The ratio of these quantities defines pi.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Right Triangles Inscribed in Circles II

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
So many times the characteristics of triangles are presented as a vocabulary-type of activity, but in this activity they are key to unraveling a proof. A unique attack on proving that an inscribed angle that subtends a diameter must be a...
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EngageNY

Thales’ Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Isn't paper pushing supposed to be boring? Learners attempt a paper-pushing puzzle to develop ideas about angles inscribed on a diameter of a circle. Learners then formalize Thales' theorem and use geometric properties to develop a proof...
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Curated OER

Exploring Diameter and Circumference

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn how to identify the diameter and circumference of a circle. Then, collect data on a circle and relate it to the diameter and circumference of a circle. Last, plot data and find the line of best fit.
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Curated OER

Perpendicular Segments in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore the concept of circles as they construct a circle using a program such as Cabri Jr. Learners construct a chord and a diameter that are perpendicular, then measure the bisected chord and notice that both sides of...
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Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Circles

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Your class examines a series of shapes and discusses how we know that they are not circles. In this way, you begin to acquaint them with the properties and parts of this geometric figure. Then, teach them how to use a protractor to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circles

For Students 10th
In this circles worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the chords, secants, and tangents of circles shown. First, they determine 4 different line segments given a circle with secants and chords with...
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Curated OER

Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  In this vertex-edge graphs lesson, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Young scholars construct various vertex-edge...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculate Radius and Diameter, Estimate Circumference #2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this radius, diameter and circumference learning exercise, students calculate diameter and estimate circumference of 2 given circles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Curated OER

The Circumference and Diameter of a Circle

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the finding of the diameter of a circle in order to extend the practice towards finding the circumference. They differentiate between the distance measured across a circle from that of around the perimeter.
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Curated OER

Making Models of the Solar System

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars make several models of the solar system to learn the positions of the planets in the solar system as well as relative distances and sizes. Creation of these models will help them identify the planets by size, shape, color,...
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Curated OER

Discovering Pi

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Define terminology related to a circle. Practice accuracy in measuring and then create a spreadsheet based on data collected from solving for parts of a circle. Groups can have fun analyzing their data as it relates to Pi.
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Curated OER

Measuring the Area of a Circle

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
When mathematical errors happen, part of the learning is to figure out how it affects the rest of your calculations. The activity has your mathematicians solving for the area of a circular pipe and taking into consideration any errors...
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PPT
Curated OER

Perimeter: The Distance around a Shape

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A few good questions move this lesson right along. Young mathematicians use critical-thinking skills as they learn how to determine the perimeter of various shapes. They determine perimeter first by measuring and adding the lengths of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Arcs and Chords

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
You've investigated relationships between chords, radii, and diameters—now it's time for arcs. Learners investigate relationships between arcs and chords. Learners then prove that congruent chords have congruent arcs, congruent arcs have...
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Activity
American Heart Association

Pi Day

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Did you know a mathematician's favorite dessert is a fruit "pi"? By participating in a fruit cutting activity, young mathematicians realize one constant—the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is always pi. It is a perfect...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Blank Circles

For Students 5th - 8th
In this circles learning exercise, students complete the radius, diameter, and circumference for each circle with one answer given to them. Students complete 4 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Making a Six-pointed Star

For Students 7th - 8th
In this polygon worksheet, students identify and create a six-pointed star by completing 6 steps. First, they use a compass to trace a circle with a given radius. Then, students draw a point on circumference of the circle and place the...
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Handout
Penn Museum

Penn Museum: China Gallery

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Invite your learners to take a closer look at the art and mathematical function of dome buildings as designed by the ancient Romans. In the next segment of this attractive worksheet set, your young historians will then learn about...

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