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Topic: Using units of measurement
Exploring the Diameter and Circumference of Circles
This multimedia mathematics resource demonstrates how circles can be found all around us. An interactive activity allows students to explore the value of pi by investigating the relationship between circumference and diameter. A print activity is provided.
Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles
“Geometry of Circles” is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for Sesame Street in 1979. The shorts consist of the movement of six circles (each with a different color of the rainbow) that are formed by and split up into various geometric patterns. source
Students could be asked to identify the parts of a circle that appear. The video could be used as the basis for students to create similar designs.
Sesame Street: Two Headed: What’s a Rectangle
The Two Headed Monster make a rectangle
And, along the way shows that two identical triangles form a rectangle.
The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram
The perfect kilogram is getting lighter. Can science find a better measure?