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Our Solar System - Comparing Planetary Travel Distances

For Teachers 7th - 8th
NASA presents a mini-unit on distances in our solar system. It incorporates scientific concepts of gravity, mass, density, and payload while your aspiring astronauts also employ mathematics skills. They calculate speed, they determine...
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Circular Reasoning

For Students K - 12th Standards
Examine the origin and application of pi in five different levels. The five lessons in the resource begin with an analysis of the relationship between the radius and circumference of a circle. The following lessons lead learners through...
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Circles and Arc Lengths

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Discuss all things round and round. Pupils review finding area and the circumference of circles and use them to solve problems. Next, they learn about central angles and their relationships to measures of arcs. Learners then find out how...
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Car Caravan

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Keep playing with those old toy cars! Pupils estimate the number of toy cars in an art installation. The only information they receive is a picture showing the toy cars arranged in concentric rings and the diameter of the overall...
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"Slice of Pi with Neo-Excel"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore diameter, radius, and circumference. They define radius, diameter, and circumference on an online dictionary, identify objects in the room with a radius and a diameter, and calculate the radius and diameter of various...
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Can You Canula?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students calculate the circumference of a circle. In this geometry lesson plan, students measure the diameter of a circle using micrometers or calipers. They investigate the relationship of the diameter to that of the value of Pi.
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Finding PI

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students select and use appropriate operations, methods and tools to compute or estimate using whole numbers. They develop and use formulas for determining the circumference and area of circles. Students determine and describe the...
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Exploring Circles

For Teachers 10th
In this exploring circles worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different types of problems that are related to determining the different measures of a circle. First, they define a circle and its center. Then, students refer to the given...
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Circle Relationships

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore circles.  In this geometry instructional activity, students explore the relationship between the circumference of a circle, the distance a ball travels, and the number of rotations the ball must make in order to...
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Penn Museum: China Gallery

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Invite your learners to take a closer look at the art and mathematical function of dome buildings as designed by the ancient Romans. In the next segment of this attractive worksheet set, your young historians will then learn about...
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Circles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concept of finding the circumference of a circle. They demonstrate why the formula works with a hands on experiment. There is detailed instructions for carrying out the technical portions of the experiment.
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Covering and Surrounding

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students develop techniques for estimating the area of a circle and use ideas about area and perimeter to solve practical problems. For this area and perimeter lesson, students apply the concepts of perimeter and area to the solution of...
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The Circle's Measure

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore circumference and diameter. In this math lesson, students apply their knowledge of circumference and diameter to solve mathematical riddles. Students apply this knowledge to find circumference and diameter of various...
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Circles

For Students 4th
In this circles learning exercise, 4th graders view and study 4 circles and then write down the radius or diameter of each circle and estimate the circumference.
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Geometry in Nature

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners examine how the circumference, diameter, and the relationship of Pi of a circle are related. They count the summer rings of a tree to determine its growth.
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Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find the circumference of various round objects.  In this finding the circumference of various round objects lesson, students find the circumference of the Earth.  Students find the circumference of trees, tires, and...
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Exploring Circles

For Students 10th
In this exploring circles worksheet, 10th graders solve 12 different types of problems related to measuring circles in geometry. First, they refer to the figure on the sheet to name the center point, the three radii of the circle, the...
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Understanding Pi.

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students study the relationship between circumference and diameter to come up with Pi. "In this pi instructional activity, students measure, record and find the ratio "circumference/diameter" and their average which is an approximation...
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Equations of Circles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars will define circle and radius. In this radius lesson plan,  students are given a circumference, they will write an equation and sketch the circle. Young scholars will match graphs of circles to their...
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Don't Burst My Bubble

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice using measuring techniques by examining bubbles.  In this geometry lesson, students utilize mathematic formulas to discover the circumference and diameter of soap bubbles they blow.  Students practice creating...
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Expressions and Operations

For Students 7th - 8th
In this expressions and operations learning exercise, students solve and complete 5 different problems that include identifying expressions and using the order of operations. First, they determine the value of a given expression and its...
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The Surface Area of a Cylinder

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils measure the circumference of a cylinder. In this cylinder lesson plan, students use round container lids and flexible rectangles to measure the circumference of the cylinder. They put the shapes together to make their own...
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Crop Circles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the area and circumference of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students solve word problems with circles and create formulas to calculate the area. They find the rate and complex area of a circle.
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Using Math Concepts to Collect and Document Specimens

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine the length and width of leaf samples to the nearest millimeter and the circumference of trees. They participate in a discussion about the importance of collecting specimens carefully. They compile accurate...

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