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Interns Name: Yudelka Lorange Date: 12 July 2014

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Through a ser-es o1 measurements and
#al#ulat-ons TL2 understand the relat-onsh-3
!et4een the #-r#um1eren#e and d-ameter o1 #-r#ular
o!"e#ts .P- 50
2' +-g 6nderstand-ng.s0
Des3-te the s-7e o1 the #-r#le the rat-o !et4een the
#-r#um1eren#e and d-ameter -s al4ays #lose to 1'
The !-gger the o!"e#t the more error there 4-ll !e -n
#al#ulat-ng 3- 1or that #-r#ular o!"e#t'
8 9ssessment (%-den#e
2e ha%e gone o%er the #om3onents o1 a #-r#le .d-ameter: #-r#um1eren#e: area0 and measured se%eral
o!"e#ts' No4 I 4ant you to #al#ulate the area o1 the #-r#le us-ng the %alues 4e o!ta-ned 1or 5 and then
aga-n 4-th the kno4n %alue o1 5' D-s#uss 4hat ha33ens to %alues as the #-r#ular o!"e#ts get !-gger'
4' ,3en-ng ;ook
<-r#les are e%ery4here' I 4ant e%eryone to stand u3' I am go-ng to toss th-s /r-s!ee to someone and they 4-ll
tell me someth-ng they kno4 a!out #-r#les' That 3erson 4-ll 3ass -t to another and then s-t do4n unt-l e%eryone
has sa-d someth-ng 3erta-n-ng to #-r#les' No4 that 4e ha%e re%-e4ed 4hat 4e kno4 a!out #-r#les I 4ant us to
understand 4hat the relat-onsh-3 -s !et4een a #-r#les d-ameter and -ts #-r#um1eren#e'
*' Instru#t-onal trateg-es = tudent 9#t-%-t-es
Tea#her In3ut
5 -s used -n all sorts o1 math and eng-neer-ng e>uat-ons=1ormulas' 2hat I 4ant -s to e?3la-n 4hat 5 -s: as-de 1rom
the 8'14 4e ha%e all !een taught -t -s' To do that 4e 4-ll measure the #-r#um1eren#e and d-ameter o1 se%eral
#-r#ular o!"e#ts o1 %ar-ous s-7es'
$odel-ng
I 4-ll measure the #-r#um1eren#e and d-ameter o1 a small /r-s!ee and re#ord my ans4ers and 4-ll 3er1orm the
#al#ulat-on 1or #-r#um1eren#e=d-ameter
Gu-ded Pra#t-#e
The students 4-ll ha%e 2 m-nutes to measure the #-r#um1eren#e and d-ameter o1 the o!"e#t g-%en to the-r grou3
and #al#ulate the rat-o !et4een #-r#um1eren#e and d-ameter on the-r 4orksheet'
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tudents 4-ll #ome u3 and 3la#e the ans4er 1or the-r o!"e#ts on 4orksheet on !oard -n 1ront o1 #lassroom'
,n#e all the data -s re#orded 4e 4-ll d-s#uss the data' 2hat ha33ens as the o!"e#ts get !-gger@ 2hy do you
th-nk that -s@ (?3la-n 4hat 3- -s -n your o4n 4ords'
Inde3endent Pra#t-#e
tudents 4-ll #al#ulate area o1 an o!"e#ts us-ng the num!er 1or 3- and then the kno4n %alue 1or 3-' tudents 4-ll
e?3la-n 4hy they th-nk there -s a d-11eren#e -n ans4ers !et4een 4hat they got 1or 3- and 4hat the a#tual 3- %alue
-s'
A' $ater-als = Besour#es
;ula ;oo3: /r-s!ee: YoCYo: Duarter: Buler: #-ssors: tr-ng: $easurements 4orksheet
&' Grou3-ng Patterns
tudents 4-ll !reak u3 -nto 4 grou3s 1or gu-ded 3ra#t-#e: and then 4-ll do area #al#ulat-ons -nde3endently
E' (nd-ng: ummary = Be1le#t-on
9s 4e ha%e 3ro%en 3- -s an est-mat-on' It -s an -rrat-onal num!er and the de#-mal ne%er ends' Do you agree 4-th
the est-mat-on o1 8'14 !ased on 4hat 4e ha%e seen -n here today@ 2hy or 4hy not@
F' Te#hnology
Calculators, Posters with definitions
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