McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Circles and Circumference
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of circles and circumference. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Measuring Around
Learners complete an online quiz that tests them on circumference and perimeter. Hints and solutions are included.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Circumference
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of how to find the circumference of a circle. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Far Does the Robot Go?
Students practice their multiplication skills using robots with wheels built from LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kits. They brainstorm distance travelled by the robots without physically measuring distance and then apply their math skills to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Robot Wheels!
Students solidify their understanding of the terms "circumference" and "rotation" through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics components. They measure the circumference of robot wheels to determine how far the robot can travel during...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Geometric Concepts and Properties to Solve Problems
Given pictorial representations, the student will use geometric concepts and properties to solve problems from art and architecture.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Circle Exercises
Twenty-five problems cover various circle activities. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to check each step of your...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: High School Lesson
Using an engaging approach, this lesson requires students to record the volume of cylinders as a function of the radius. Students will construct and measure the volume of several cylinders and then begin comparing these shapes.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Circles
Explore everything about circles. Learn various parts of a circle like a diameter, radius, circumference, circles chord, tangent circles, major arc, segment, sector, and discover other interesting aspects of it. Try your hand at solving...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Area of a Circle
This mini-lesson explores the area of a circle. Provides a definition, examples, and practice questions with answers.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Diameter
Understand the concept of diameter by learning the definition and symbols. Check-out the solved examples for better understanding and try your hand at solving a few interactive questions at the end of the page.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Circumference of a Circle
Understand the concept of circumference by learning the definition, circumference geometry definition, circumference equation, and circumference of a circle formula. Check-out the interactive simulation for better understanding and try...
Cuemath
Cuemath: What Is Pi?
Learn all about pi. This lesson targets what is pi, the pi symbol, the pi number, and the pi circle in the concept of what is pi. Check-out the interactive simulations to know more about the lesson and try your hand at solving a few...
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Measuring Circles
Seventh graders will measure the circumference and diameter of round things in the classroom and discover the ratio pi. They will see that the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter can be used to solve for the circumference...
Other
Visnos: Explore Pi
This interactive demonstration shows firstly how pi relates to the circumference of a circle. This is achieved using a regular polygon approximation, the closed polygon is opened to reveal this magical number. The area of a circle is...
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Balloon Bath [Pdf]
An experiment to determine what happens to the air inside a balloon when it is heated or cooled.
Math2
Math2: Circles
This site has many useful formulas and examples relating to circles, including related definitions, circumference of a circle, area of a circle, length of a circular arc, area of a circular sector, equation of a circle in cartesian...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Elementary Geometry Circles
The Math Forum offers an archive of question and answer sessions on circles and how they relate to geometry.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Pi
This site from Mathworld.com provides a detailed overview of pi. Content includes a diagram, an analysis of its value, how and when pi crops up in mathematics, historical references to pi, and more.
University of North Carolina
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
This site contains an extensive list of various units of measurement known internationally and across several disciplines. Unit symbols are also included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: To the Moon
Students can use linear regression to generate the formula for circumference.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Approximation of Pi
Students will measure the circumference and diameter of a variety of different circles. They will graph the class' values of (d,c) on the coordinate plane and use linear regression to approximate pi.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Arc Length and Area of Sectors
This is an introduction to finding the arc length and area of sectors of circles. Students should have the formulas for Circumference and Area of circles.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Looking at Statistics Through Circles
In this activity, students will measure round objects to determine the circumference and diameter, and use the data to explore geometric concepts of the circle with statistics.