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DAVID HARTBARGER
GEOMETRY
G.12 THE STUDENT WILL SOLVE PROBLEMS INVOLVING EQUATIONS OF CIRCLES
Geometry Explorer

Readability: NA
Suitability: Middle and up
Annotation: This is a software that allows
its users to create geometric models. It
can produce models in different types of
Geometry such as Euclidean,
Hyperbolic, and spherical. It can help
you create and measure lines, angles,
arcs, diameters, and radiuss. This is a
great tool for middle school students in
up to create and manipulate geometric
models anyway they want.
Desmos

Readability: NA
Suitability: All ages.
Annotation: Desmos is graphing calculator
that is very powerful and very useful. A
student can type in an equation(s) and the
website will plot the equations for them. You
can use this to plot the circles and use it to
find the center on the graph. You can also
use this to count the units that the circle is
away from the center to find the radius.
Math is fun
Readability: 4th grade level
Suitability: All ages
Annotation: This website is super basic and
easy to read. It is setup up to be suitable for
almost anyone to go onto their website and
read about circles. The website goes over the
basics of the circle and gives the definitions for
the radius, diameter, and the circumference. It
also shows that the ratio of the circumference
to the diameter is exactly the infamous
number pi. It also gives the formulas for finding
the diameter and the circumference of a
circle and how they all relate to each other
including the radius. It also shows you how to
find the area of a circle.
Kanapy

Readability: 4th grade level

Suitability: 6th grade and up
Annotation: This video talks about the
basics of a circle and how they are
constructed. It shows that a circle is
created by finding points a given distance
from a point of origin, is the definition of a
circle. It talks about the formula for the
points on the circle using the x and y axis
and the radius. The video also discusses the
Pythagorean triples and how every single
Pythagorean triple is a point on a circle with
radius one.
Khan Academy

Readability: 5th grade level

Suitability: 5th grade and up
Annotation: This video covers how to
plot a circle on a plane with a given
equation. It also discusses how to find
triangles that are inside a given circle.
It explains how to construct the
equation of a circle from a circle that
is already plotted on a plane.
Encyclopaedia Britcannica

Readability: 9th grade level

Suitability: 13 and up
Annotation: This is a suitable text to
introduce to students to circle before the
unit for high school students. It states the
circle is a geometrical curve and is
actually a conic section. It talks about
what a chord is and how to construct one.
It also talks about how the circle can be
used to construct the number pi.
Poster

Readability: NA
Suitability: Six grade and up
Annotation: I would have this
posted on a wall in my classroom,
so my students would see it every
day. It gives you all of the
information that you need to plot a
circle. It also allows you to find
other points on a circle with a given
radius.
Textbook

Readability: 6th grade level

Suitability: Six grade and up
Annotation: It gives the definition of a circle,
the radius, diameter, and a chord. It gives
examples of that a radius is and also what a
chord is as well as a diameter. It also talks
about what a circumference is and how to
find it. It also gives problems to test your
knowledge of circles.
Sir Cumference and the First Round
Table
Readability: 5th grade level
Suitability: 10 and up
Annotation: This book is based around the problem of a
large group sitting around an ill-made table. The task for
Sir Cumference is to find a table that will sit all the people
comfortably efficiently. The king, Sir Cumference, and
Lady Di of Ameter propose different layouts for the table.
Each one is different from the other and has a new
problem that arises from them. The final table layout is
found by Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameters son
Radius when he discovers a fallen tree with a circular
base. That base of the fallen tree is the new table. The
king then labels the parts of the circle after Sir
Cumference, Lady Di of Ameter, and Radius.
YA Novel: Riders

Readability: 9th grade level

Suitability: 14 and up
Annotation: I chose this book because it was on a top
young adult book list. The cover of the book caught
my eye and I was intrigued to find out more about it.
Once I read the summary, I knew I had to read it. It is
about boy in his late teens who joins the army and
then dies in a sky diving training exercise. He comes
back to life and most of his bones are broken from
the impact of colliding with the ground. He makes a
miraculous recovery within days and then gets
recruited by this beautiful girl to run off and save the
world from demons.
Bibliograpy

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