
Proving Pi
Description
Accompanying Resources
Procedure
- Establish context for learning by showing students the Trades Talks: Circumference video, illustrating how understanding circumference is important when working with vehicles
- Either take students to a setting with several vehicles that have tires of different sizes, or use the Lethbridge College Circumference learning kit to provide learners with access to tires of varying sizes.
- Provide learners with activity worksheet, and review instructions together. Learners will require a fabric measuring tape, a calculator and a pencil.
- Collect students to review findings at the end of the activity
Curriculum Outcomes
General Outcome: Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.
Specific Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of circles by:
- describing the relationships among radius, diameter and circumference
- relating circumference to pi
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