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Objective:
Students will be able to apply their understanding of the properties of circles in a modeling context, particularly re-creating ancient methods of measurement using data from the upcoming solar eclipse.
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Ancient Greece to the 2024 Solar Eclipse LESSON.pdf
Ancient Greece to the 2024 Solar Eclipse PRESENTATION.pdf
Printable instructions for constructing a square inscribed in a circle with compass and straightedge or ruler.pdf
Standards
Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder).
Derive using similarity that the length of the arc intercepted by an angle is proportional to the radius. Derive and use the formula for the area of a sector. Understand the radian measure of the angle as a unit of measure.
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