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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: 3.14159265

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students investigate the circumference of circles and learn about the irrational number Pi.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Predicting Pi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students explore the use of linear measurement and calculators to discover the existence of pi, the constant ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Is There a Relationship Between Your Fist and Shoe Size?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will measure the circumference of their fist and list their shoe size. The lists will be loaded using TI-Navigator in the activity center.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Direct Variation With Powers: Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students find the approximate surface area and volume of an apple, measuring circumference 3 ways, using the mean of the measurements to find the radius. Each students enters the results in a Table on the board.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Circles All Around

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity provides students an opportunity to explore the relationship between the diameter of a circle and its circumference. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Exploring C/d= Pie

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A collection of circular objects will be used to explore circumference and diameter of circles.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: La Circunferencia

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. This interactive unit could be used as a visual review of circles, circumference and tangents.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Bubble Mania [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Bubble Mania is a lesson plan that focuses on the concept of measurement as it applies to the diameter, circumference, and area in a bubble. Extension activities and connections, related worksheets, and additional resources are included.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Coming Clean About Showering Time

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity using the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Coming clean about showering time," students will find the measures of central angles and arcs of a circle. They will use circumference, radius, concentric circles and degrees in a circle...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students show comprehension of advanced mathematics skills in Geometry. The questions check understanding on circles. Topics include diameters, angles, and finding the circumference.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Stained Glass

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson plan, 7th graders use formulas for area and circumference to solve the word problem.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Eight Circles

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson plan, 7th graders use their knowledge of formulas to determine the area and circumference of a circle.
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Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Find Out Things About Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This WebMath site will assist with finding the radius, diameter, circumference, and area of a circle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Pi

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify pi as the ratio of a circle's diameter to a circle's circumference.
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arc Length

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use circumference to determine the arc length. Click challenge me to answer practice questions and click learn more to watch a video.
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TOPS Learning Systems

Top Science: Pi Graph [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
An activity where students explore and graph the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle.
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eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Circle and Pi: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the characteristics of a circle including similarity, radius, circumference, and Pi. It provides formulas to determine the area of a circle, calculating Pi, and learning exercises throughout.
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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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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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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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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Sphere Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the 3 unknown values of a sphere given any 1 known variable including radius r, surface area A, volume V and circumference C. It will also give the answers for volume, surface area, and circumference...
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Article
Cornell University

Cornell University: Astronomy: Eratosthenes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Greek mathematician Eratosthenes used geometry to estimate the circumference of the Earth.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Scientific Explanation to What Causes Day and Night

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains how the rotation and the axial tilt of the Earth are responsible for the phenomenon of day and night. Provides information about the Sun, the solar system, and the Earth, and how the circumference of the Earth was first measured...
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Mathworld provides a wealth of information about circles is presented. The information ranges from the basics--radius, circumference, etc.--to advanced concepts--equations in polar and pedal coordinates, etc.

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