Lesson Plan

Name: Chelsea Webb

Date: 10.6.14

Subject: Math

Grade: 8th 6th

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): Mathematics 5(B)

Math SOL 6.10a

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Lesson Title: Round and Round

Objectives (What do you want students to know, do, or feel as a result of your instruction?)
1.

Define circumference as the distance around a circle.

2.

Calculate the circumference of a circle.

Critical vocabulary:

Materials/resources:

circumference

tape measure (flimsy kind), paper, pencil, calculator

Intro (how do you capture their attention and get them interested?):

Review the concepts of perimeter and area.

What is perimeter?

What is area?
Tell students that circumference is just another term for perimeter that only applies to circles. Define circumference
as the distance around a circle.
Body (what comes after your interesting intro?)

Explore
Ask students if they know what circumference is.

Does anyone know what circumference is?

Together as a class we will identify some circles around the classroom and measure the circumference of these
circles.

What circles do you see around the room?

Tell students to measure the perimeter around a circle they found in the room.
Tell them to measure the diameter or distance across.
Once they have found the diameter, I will ask them to use their calculator and multiply the diameter
by .
Students will share what they have found.
I will ask if anyone can make a conclusion about what we have just done.

After hearing several examples, what do you notice about the measurements and calculations we have
done?
We have just found the formula to calculate circumference if we know the diameter.
Acquire
Read Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander.

The story relates circumference to a real world problem and student should be able to see circumference
in a different light and hopefully find it entertaining.

Explain that the formula for finding the circumference of circle is C=d* . Remind students that the radius of a
circle is half of the diameter. So if we know the radius of a circle, then the formula to find circumference would be
C=2

*r.

Apply
Students will get into groups of three or four and brainstorm on how we can apply the concept of circumference to
real-life situations.
I would like for the students to make a web or concept map of their ideas and they will turn in their webs or
concept
maps.
They will then be given some practice problems to practice using the circumference formula.
Closure (purposeful summary-help them remember today or anticipate tomorrow):

As a class we will come together and make a class concept map on how to use circumference in the real-world.
Homework:

I have been in contact with the students history teacher, and they are talking about the industrial revolution and
about the first car made by Henry Ford. The students are responsible for researching and finding out the size of tire
on the first automobile. They should find the diameter or radius and then calculate the circumference.
Also, they should measure the diameter and calculate the circumference of a tire on their parents vehicle.
They are to write a short paragraph comparing the two circumferences.
Assessment: (How will you assess if they have mastered your objectives? Be specific.)

Students should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What is circumference?
2. What are the two formulas for circumference?
Students should be able to calculate the circumference of a circle either by using measurement tools or by using
information given in a problem.
I will grade the practice problems given as well as the group concept maps.
I will also as students to share their homework conclusions the next class period.