Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Secant Lines; Secant Lines That Meet Inside a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians identify different cases of intersecting secant lines. They then investigate the case where secant lines meet inside a circle.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Similar Triangles in Circle-Secant (or Circle-Secant-Tangent) Diagrams

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
First angle measures, now segment lengths. High schoolers first measure segments formed by secants that intersect interior to a circle, secants that intersect exterior to a circle, and a secant and a tangent that intersect exterior to a...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

The Circle and The Line

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Here is a resource where algebra learners show their understanding of a system of equations involving a circle and a line. Once graphed, learners see two points of intersection, one where the ordered pair is read, and a second where...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Secant Angle Theorem, Exterior Case

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It doesn't matter whether secant lines intersect inside or outside the circle, right? Scholars extend concepts from the previous lesson to investigate angles created by secant lines that intersect at a point exterior to the circle....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circles Terminology Multiple Choice

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circles learning exercise, students solve 10 multiple choice problems. Students answer questions about diameter and chord relationships, tangent lines to a circle, circumference, the Pi relationship, etc.
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Circles in Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Challenge the class with inscribed circles in triangles. The assessment task requests class members use their knowledge of circles and right triangles to prove two triangles are congruent. They go on to utilize their knowledge of...
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Flipped Math

Secants and Tangents

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Put the vertex in, put the vertex out. Pupils explore theorems about the relationships of lengths of segments and angles of line segments that intersect inside or outside the circle. Learners use the theorems to solve problems involving...
Interactive
Curated OER

Concurent Circles I

For Students 9th - 12th
For this concurrent circles using GeoGebra worksheet, students solve 2 short answer problems. Students construct concurrent circles using the GeoGebra software and determine why their construction of circles are concurrent. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Concurent Circles II

For Students 9th - 11th
In this geometry worksheet, students draw a shape based on the directions. They tell the reasons the four resulting circles are concurrent. A sample drawing is included.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Angles in Circles

For Students 10th
In this angles in circles learning exercise, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include tangents and chords and intersecting chords. First, they find x when given 2 intersecting chords. Then, students determine x given the...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Shooting Arrows through a Hoop

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The slope makes a difference. Given an equation of a circle and point, scholars determine the relationship of the slope of a line through the point and the number of intersections with the circle. After graphing the relationship, pupils...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Tangent Segments

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's so special about tangents? Learners first explore how if a circle is tangent to both rays of an angle, then its center is on the angle bisector. They then complete a set of exercises designed to explore further properties and...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Inscribed Angle Alternate – A Tangent Angle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You know the Inscribed Angle Theorem and you know about tangent lines; now let's consider them together! Learners first explore angle measures when one of the rays of the angle is a tangent to a circle. They then apply their...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Intersecting Lines

For Students 10th
In this intersecting lines worksheet, 10th graders identify and complete 10 different problems that include equidistant intersecting lines. First, they write the equation of the locus of points equidistant from the x-axis and the y-axis...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Center of a Circle

For Students 10th
In this center of the circle worksheet, 10th graders solve 5 different center of the circle measurements. First, they draw a circle and add two points on it. From there, students construct a line segment and a midpoint on the line...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tangents, Secants, and Chords

For Students 10th
In this tangents, secants and chords learning exercise, 10th graders identify and solve 48 different problems that include using 3 different theorems for defining circles. First, they determine the area of each circle with C as the...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Circling

For Students 11th - 12th
Come full circle in learning about conic sections. Learners first look at the type of conic section formed when concentric circles intersect a standard coordinate plane. They then see which type forms when two sets of concentric circles...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 10th
For this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 3 extensive informal geometry problems that involve triangles. First, they sketch a triangle, selecting 3 of the sides and constructing 3 midpoints. Students then draw each of 3 medians by...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry of Circles - Week 7 (Area & Circumference)

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this circle worksheet, learners solve problems involving the circumference, area and arc length in a circle. They explore the union of circles and semicircles, as well as the line segments tangent to the circle. This two-page...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry of Circles: Week 7

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this circle worksheet, students determine the number of degrees in a minor arc, find the area of a circle, find the area of a shaded region. This two-page worksheet contains six problems.
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Constructions

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Pupils learn the steps for basic constructions using a straightedge, a compass, and a pencil. Pairs develop the skills to copy a segment and an angle, bisect a segment and an angle, and construct parallel and perpendicular lines.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 15-Fall 1995

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this math worksheet students use the intermediate value theorem to solve two problems. They find parallel lines that will cut a convex shape into two pieces with equal areas. Students repeat this problem with a concave shape. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry Regents Bimodal

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, students solve problems that are bimodal. They define properties of circles and triangles. There are 117 questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry

For Students 7th - 8th
In this line and angles learning exercise, students explore basic geometry vocabulary.  They classify polygons.  Students determine the area and perimeter of given shapes.  They examine the parts of a circle, find...