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Activity
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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Lesson Plan
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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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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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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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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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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Graphic
Math2

Math2: Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Circle Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this circle calculator to find the area, circumference, radius, or diameter of a circle. Given any one variable A, C, r or d of a circle you can calculate the other three unknowns.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Circle?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discusses the radius, diameter, circumference, and area of a circle.
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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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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Area of a Circle

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews basic geometric forms in nature and real objects. Students are then given opportunities to find the area of circle and parts of a circle, given the radius and/or diameter of the...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Take a Slice of Pi

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Working as a team, students discover that the value of pi (3.1415926) is a constant and applies to all different sized circles. The team builds a basic robot and programs it to travel in a circular motion. A marker attached to the robot...
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Geometry in the Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-four problems presented on a variety of Plane Geometry topics. 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...
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Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Circles Geometry Review

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource provides two levels of multiple choice questions to review the parts of a circle as well as area and perimeter.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Piece of Pi

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson uses graphing to help students understand that pi is a constant and is the slope of the line graphed on a circumference vs. diameter graph.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
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Activity
PBS

The Math of Bicycles: Wheel Figure This Out (Grades 4 7)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Several good activities here. Look particularly at Wheel Figure It Out (which is the opening page) and Gearing Up. There are answers to the very good questions at the bottom of each.
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Circle Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Area of a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This mini-lesson explores the area of a circle. Provides a definition, examples, and practice questions with answers.
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: What Is Pi?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Pi Day

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Need some ideas for Pi Day on March 14th? You can get some great resources at this location. There are all kinds of links available.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Building Columns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore different types of supports and the forces that act upon them. Investigate the best design of a column, including the role that size and dimensions play on its load capacity.
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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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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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