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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Square Wheeled Tricycle: Radius and Circumference

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive exercise focuses on working with the radius of various circles to find the circumference and area as well as challenging you to find the distance a square wheel travels around the track.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Circle Designs

For Students 6th - 8th
In this lesson, young scholars explore circumference and diameter by creating an abstract design with circles. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Praxis Core Math: Circles Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic review of circles and how to calculate the circumference, radius, diameter, and area. Includes practice questions.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Sectors, Areas, and Arcs

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains formulas for areas of sectors of circles and lengths of arcs. Demonstrates how to use the formulas in each of degrees and radians.
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Interactive
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Shapes and Patterns

For Students K - 1st
On this interactive site, students learn to identify squares, circles, and triangles.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Circles & Pi

For Students 7th
In this lesson, 7th graders will learn vocabulary associated with circles and use formulas to find the area and circumference of circles.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: World of Fish: Geometry

For Students 5th - 6th
Students will play an interactive game to identify the circumference, radius, center, and diameter of circles.
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Handout
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Mathematics Glossary: Circle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get a visual and animated definition of the term "circle" from LearnAlberta.ca's Mathematics Glossary, as well as examples of circles in the real world.
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Unit Plan
Math2

Math2.org: Expansions for Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing of some of the more famous formulas developed and used throughout the centuries for defining pi are given and explained.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Conic Sections/circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a catalog of Web sites and Web pages that deal with circles.
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Website
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides definitions for a wide range of topics dealing with circles.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Degrees in a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math answers a students question as to why a circle contains 360 degrees.
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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.
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Handout
Math Words

Math words.com: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examples of conic sections are given and the equation for their standard form is also given.
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Activity
Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Teacher's Figure Library: Geometric Figures

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This interactive resource provides an example picture of the geometric figure chosen by students to review.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Circunferencia Y Circulo: Longitudes Y Areas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Reinforce your knowledge of the circumference and the area of a circle with these activities. [Requires Java.]
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Conics: Circles: Introduction & Drawing

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
A reference site that gives definitions, examples, explanation of circle attributes and drawing circles in a coordinate plane.
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Handout
Other

Highline: The Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Basic useful information regarding circles is provided.
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Interactive
Other

Circles/circumference Interactive Learning Sites for Education

For Students 6th - 8th
Includes record sheets and interactive media exploring circles and circumference from general parts of the circle to the relationship of the circle parts.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Geometric Terms Concentration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you need practice remembering or learning different geometry vocabulary words and definitions? This concentration game is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if...
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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.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Two Lines Tangent to a Circle: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how if two segments from the same point outside a circle are tangent to a circle, then they are congruent. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Two Lines Tangent to a Circle."
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reading Circle Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are asked to figure out the size of the shaded portions of a circle graph. They then complete a chart showing the fraction, decimal, and percentage equivalents.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for an early childhood classroom and focuses on circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Opportunities provided for student participation include drawing plane shapes,...