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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating the properties of a circle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use wax paper to look at different properties of circles such as chords, tangent lines, inscribed angles, and inscribed angles in a semi-circle, as well as finding the center of the circle, and use GSP to investigate cyclic...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site contains lessons using Geometer's Sketch Pad for elementary and middle school aged students.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad: An Introductory Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a five part tutorial to get started using Geometer's Sketch Pad. The tutorial goes through things such as setting up to install GSP, the tool box, other functions, graphing,and more.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Four Bugs Problem: Step on No Pets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this simulation has students model the Four-Bug Problem in order to see the general concept of pursuit curves. Each student takes on the role of a bug, and are placed at each corner of a...