Crafty Circumference Challenge

Students identify, find, and use recycled, repurposed, or reclaimed objects to create "crafty" construction tools to partition the circumference of a circle into three, four, and six congruent arcs which determine vertices of regular polygons inscribed in the circle.
Resource ID#: 47042 Type: Lesson Plan
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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, LCD Projector, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office, GeoGebra Free Software (Download the Free GeoGebra Software)
Instructional Time: 2 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: circle, circumference, compass, construct, construction, equilateral, hexagon, inscribed, regular, polygon, straightedge
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Problem-Solving Task,  Presentation/Slideshow
Instructional Design Framework(s): Learning Cycle (e.g., 5E), Writing to Learn, Argumentation, Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: CPALMS Lesson Plan Development Initiative

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