Wednesday, February 15, 2012


The Pythagorean Theorem Rap (This video is just to help students remember the Pythagorean Theorem







Scientific Notation
*Note - BrainPop has an excellent video on scientific notation.  It gives a great explanation.



Wednesday, February 8, 2012

February 8, 2012

 Surface Area


Volume

Prisms


















Cylinder



















Cone

Nets

Different Nets for Cubes
Finding the Surface Area


Finding the Volume
Area of the base x the height of the shape



Pyramids

Square Root




Wednesday, February 1, 2012

February 1, 2012

Battleship Numberline Game
Area and Perimeter
Area and a Perimeter Video (Math Playground)



cut out 7 rectangles, then cut 6 the rectangles in half diagonally.
then create shapes that have the same area as the 7th rectangle

Videos and Formulas for finding the area of:
Area of a Trapezoid A = (base1+base2) x height
                                                        2
Area of a Triangle A = 1/2base x height
Area of a Parallelogram A = base x height


Homework:
pg 509  #2 pg 547 a and b
Read Beckmann Hardcover pp 481-483 and 555-557


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

January 25, 2012 part 2

History of Pi

Pi is the circumference divided by the diameter of any circle.

Area of a circle is pi x radius squared/
The circumference of a circle is 2 x radius x pi


Central Angle of a Circle
Arc 

Inscribed Angle
The length of the arc is always double the inside angle
Area of a Circle
Finding the radius of a circle when you are given the area
Finding areas of Sectors


Homework:
Area and diameter worksheets on website.

January 25, 2012

Circle Vocabulary

circle
Chord


Circumference


Compass

Radius






Sector
Sector of a Circle Visual