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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Infinite Life of Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
This irrational number, pi, has an infinite number of digits, so we'll never figure out its exact value no matter how close we seem to get. Reynaldo Lopes explains pi's vast applications to the study of music, financial models, and even...
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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the Canadian fantasy adventure novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Handout
University of Utah

University of Utah: Archimedes and the Computation of Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information about the life and works of Archimedes. Includes a Pi applet. Has links to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, A listing of Pi to 10,000 digits, a biography of Archimedes, notes on Pi, and sources on Archimedes' screw.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Johann Heinrich Lambert

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, which is provided by the University of St Andrews, offers a short biography on Johann Heinrich Lambert, a French-German mathematician (1728-1777.) It discusses his life and his contributions to mathematics.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Texas A&m University: Archimedes of Syracuse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Texas A&M University. Archimedes contribution to finding the exact value of pi is discussed in this biography of Archimedes.
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois Natural History Survey: Biospeleology: Cave Life

For Students 9th - 10th
From cave critters to cave research. Lots of photos and examples of cave biology-- biospeleology. Links to other cave sites.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Discovering Pi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson allows students to discover the number Pi. By measuring real life objects, students will get to see where the number Pi comes from as well as how the circumference formula is derived.This lesson plan was created as a result...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life: Home Decorating

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit is designed to show students that geometry really does apply to the real world. By taking viewers through a home decoration project, students learn how to calculate area of a rectangle and circle.
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Study Guide
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Classic Books Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an index of links of novels and vocabulary word lists from them. Click on a specific book/novel/play to see the printalble list of vocabulary words. These include classics such as 1984, Tale of Two Cities, Angela's Ashes, Da...
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Zu Chongzhi

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St. Andrews offers a biography of Zu Chongzhi, a Chinese astronomer and mathematician.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Univ. Of Utah: Archimedes and the Computation of Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information about the life and works of Archimedes. Includes a Pi applet. Has links to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, A listing of Pi to 10,000 digits, a biography of Archimedes, notes on Pi, and sources on Archimedes' screw.

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