Unit Plan
EngageNY

Complex Numbers and Transformations

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Your learners combine their knowledge of real and imaginary numbers and matrices in an activity containing thirty lessons, two assessments (mid-module and end module), and their corresponding rubrics. Centered on complex numbers and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circles and Ellipses

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this circles and ellipses worksheet, students solve and complete 5 different types of problems. First, they write each equation in standard form. Then, students graph and label Write the equation of the ellipse whose center is the...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Arc Length and Area of a Sector

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
What do skateboarding and baked goods have in common with math? You can use them to connect half-pipe ramps and cakes to arcs and sectors. Pupils compare the lengths of three different ramp options of a skate park. They calculate the...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Circles in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Make the connection between the distance formula and the equation of a circle. The teacher presents a lesson on how to use the distance formula to derive the equation of the circle. Pupils transform circles on the coordinate plane and...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Properties of Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Given a value of one trigonometric function, it is easy to determine others. Learners use the periodicity of trigonometric functions to develop properties. After studying the graphs of sine, cosine, and tangent, the instructional...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Addition and Subtraction Formulas 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Show budding mathematicans how to find the sine of pi over 12. The third lesson plan in a series of 16 introduces the addition and subtraction formulas for trigonometric functions. Class members derive the formulas using the...
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...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Segment Formulas Homework

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geometry worksheet, students examine three different diagrams and apply the appropriate formulas to each of the following situations: two chords, a tangent and a secant, and two secants. There are 17 questions to solve for the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tangents

For Students 9th - 12th
In this tangents worksheet, students determine the length of a missing side of a right triangles.  They use tangent lines to solve problems.  This two-page worksheet contains 11 multi-step problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tangents to a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students construct tangent lines. In this geometry lesson, students identify the point of tangency, secant and tangent lines. They graph the lines on the Ti and make observations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tangent Lines and the Radius of a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your Geometry learners will collaboratively prove that the tangent line of a circle is perpendicular to the radius of the circle. A deliberately sparse introduction allows for a variety of approaches to find a solution. 
Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

Oops! Glass Top

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
 A short assessment asks participants to find the original radius required to replace a table top. The problem provides a hypothetical situation of having a segment of a broken glass table top. Pupils find the radius of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secants, Tangents and Arcs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students identify chords and angles. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the length of the chords inside and outside of-the circle. They differentiate between tangent and secant lines.
PPT
Urbana School District

Projectile and Circular Motion, Torque

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Introduce your young scholars to the concepts of circular motion, projectile motion, angular speed, simple harmonic motion, torque, center of mass, centripetal force, and Hooke's Law with a 86-slide presentation. The circular motion...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Arcs and Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Noah didn't construct this kind of arc. High school scholars first explore how angles can be formed in circles. They then learn relationships between angles and arcs by conducting an exploratory activity where they position and draw arcs...
Interactive
Curated OER

Segment Formulas Multiple Choice

For Students 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders use the theorems regarding circles and tangents to find the indicated missing segment length.  The one page interactive learning exercise contains ten problems.  Answers are...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tangents, Secants, and Chords

For Students 10th
In this tangents, secants and chords worksheet, 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 center and a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circles Terminology Multiple Choice

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circles activity, students solve 10 multiple choice problems. Students answer questions about diameter and chord relationships, tangent lines to a circle, circumference, the Pi relationship, etc.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secant Line Approximation of the Tangent Line

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils perform operation with secant and tangent lines. In this calculus lesson, students find the derivative and relate it to the slope of a line. They differentiate between secant and tangent as they intersect a circle, using Cabri.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Angles in Circles

For Students 10th
In this angles in circles worksheet, 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 diameter...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Circular Motion

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss centrifugal force, frictional force, and critical speed as it relates to the popular amusement park ride, the Gravitron.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tangent Properties

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore properties of tangent lines.  In this properties of tangent lines lesson, students discuss the perpendicular relationship between a tangent line on a circle and the circle's radius.  Students use that...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circles

For Students 10th
In this circles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 8 different problems. First, they find the two segments perpendicular to a given circle. Then, students find the line tangent to the circle illustrated and the sides marked. They...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Angle and Radian Measure

For Students 9th - 10th
In this angle and radian measure worksheet, students find the measurement of a central angle. Students determine the speed of rotation, linear speed of a point, and radians per second. This two-page worksheet contains twelve problems. ...