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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Irrational Pi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math Forum response to the question of why pi is not rational if it is a ratio of circumference to diameter.
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Article
National Institutes of Health

Nih: Aim for a Health Weight

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief but informative site discusses the role of body mass index and waist circumference in determining your risk of disease and death.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Circle Geometry

For Students 4th - 8th
Circle Geometry math for kids contains information for students to learn about terms radius, diameter, circumference, chord, and pi.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Tube Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculator will calculate the various properties of a tube, also called a pipe or hollow cylinder, given 3 known values from variables of radii, circumference, wall thickness and height.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Capsule Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will calculate the various properties of a capsule given any 2 known variables including radius r, side length a, surface area S, volume V and circumference C.
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Handout
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Annulus Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This online calculator will find the area, circumference, and radii of an annulus. With any 2 known variables, you can calculate the other 5 unknowns.
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Activity
American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Balloon Bath [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to determine what happens to the air inside a balloon when it is heated or cooled.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Elementary Geometry Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Math Forum offers an archive of question and answer sessions on circles and how they relate to geometry.
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Unit Plan
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
University of North Carolina

A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an extensive list of various units of measurement known internationally and across several disciplines. Unit symbols are also included.
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Activity
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Wisconsin's Champion Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
Environmental Education for Kids offers step-by-step procedures to measure trees. Designed for Wisconsin's Champion Trees, these guidelines can be adopted for use in any state or area.
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Activity
The Math League

The Math League: Area and Perimeter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial provides a brief introduction about what area is, then gives the formulas for area of a square, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, triangle, and circle. Examples of each formula are provided.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Ingulos en Una Circumferencia

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. This site discusses the angles relative to the circles. It defines the concept of central angle, inscribed, interior, exterior and some important geometric outcomes and applications which uses these concepts.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Tangencias

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. This interactive unit introduces various geometric concepts which are intended to be tools for solving problems of tangencies between straight lines, circles and points.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the different conic sessions and try the different interactive exercises.
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Handout
Other

Allmath: Math Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Are your students having difficulty understanding math terminology? Try this A-Z glossary on math related terms. It's quick, easy to read, and very complete.
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Activity
Other

Ic Teachers: Shapes, Circles (Basic)

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
This basic website will give you lots of information about circles. There are also some questions to test your circle knowledge.
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Unit Plan
Saddleback College

Algebra2 Go: Prealgebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource consists of comprehensive learning tools such as class notes, video lectures, and templates through which students can review prealgebra topics.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Splatter Spread

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Emulate the work of a forensic scientist by observing the relationship between scatter and distance. Assemble a projectile-hurling device called a potato cannon and analyze the spread pattern of paint soaked projectiles.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Area of a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students calculate the area of circles and the area of sectors of circles by using given information and formulas. Students examine guided notes,...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Parts of Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Name the parts of a circle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Inscribed Angles in Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students properties of inscribed angles and how to apply them.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Inscribed Quadrilaterals in Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students properties of inscribed quadrilaterals in circles.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Parts of Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students the vocabulary for the parts of circles, including lines passing through circles.

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