Curated OER
Owl Pellets: A Fowl-Up, Chuck!
Students discover the world of owls as predators. After watching a video of owls hunting and eating, are introduced to owl pellets. Students dissect their own pellet and match the prey's bones to a bone diagram.
Curated OER
Minerals
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals lesson plan, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of...
Curated OER
Day and Night
Learners discuss why day and night occur after visualizing a teacher-led demonstration.
Curated OER
Satellite Tracker
Learners use satellite tracking software to monitor different satellites. They predict and graph the motion of the space station. They create a 3-D display of its path and share it with the class.
Curated OER
TE Activity: A Merry-Go-Round for Dirty Air
Students observe a simulation of a cyclone to examine a method of pollutant recovery in cleaning industrial air pollution. They examine how engineers develop technology to reduce air pollution and determine percentages for technology...
Quia
Ixl Learning: Area of Circles
Brush up on your math skills relating to the area of circles then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Circumference and Area of Circles
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of finding the circumference and area of circles.
Johan Claeys
Math Abundance: The Circle: Basic Concepts
Goes over the equation of a circle, parametric equations of a circle, intersection of circle and line, tangent line in a point of a circle, etc.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Circles: Area of Sectors and Segments
Material to supplement classroom instruction on sectors and segments of circles. Find guidelines on how to find the area of sectors and segments, as well as a multiple-choice quiz, and an activity idea called "Sectors and Pizza."
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Circles, Segments, and Area
A wealth of resources to supplement instruction on parts of the circle. Find lessons describing chords, tangents, secants, and segments, as well as related practice quizzes and classroom activities.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area, Volume, and Nets
Investigate the concepts of area, volume, 3D shapes, and nets using this interactive Learn Alberta math. The solid shapes focused on this exploration include rectangular and triangular prisms, rectangular and triangular pyramids,...
Math Drills
Math Drills: Measurement Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your measurement skills. Sheets focus on temperature, conversion, area and perimeter, volume, and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Praxis Core Math: Circles Lesson
A basic review of circles and how to calculate the circumference, radius, diameter, and area. Includes practice questions.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Circle Sector and Segment
Learn about the "two main 'slices' of a circle" called a sector and a segment, and see how you can calculate the area of a sector or segment using trigonometry.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G C Mutually Tangent Circles
Three circles are mutually tangent. Young scholars are asked to find the total area of the circles plus the area inside where they meet. Students will need to know how to calculate the area of a circle, a sector of a circle, and an...
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Lunes
A "three star" geometry problem where some experience of math problem solving skills and knowledge of circles is recommended to solve this lunes (parts of a circles) area problem
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Cemc: Math Circles: 3 D Geometry Ii [Pdf]
This worksheet provides a variety of 3D geometry questions requiring higher order thinking skills. Questions include; finding the surface area of a prism, surface area of pyramid, surface area of a sphere, and platonic solids.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Semi Circle Lunes
A lune of a circle is defined and a problem of finding the area of two lunes is given.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Rectangular Circles
An area problem involving finding the area of a rectangle and a circle. The problem may be made into a general proof as well.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Cemc: Math Circles: Patterns [Pdf]
This worksheet provides exercises in working with number patterns. Included are questions related to fractals, patterns in exponents, and perimeter and area.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Area of a Cone
This question and answer site is about finding the area of a cone when the height and the angle at the convergence point are given. The site goes on to explain how a cone relates to a circle.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Sectors and Circles Problems
Try these three problems regarding area of sectors, length of arcs, and central angles. The problems will challenge and intrigue sharp geometry students. Detailed written solutions are included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Area of a Circle
Find the area of a circle given its radius, diameter, or circumference. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.