Year 8, Unit 15 – exploring circles

This 9-lesson program of learning addresses content from the focus areas Length and Area with a focus on circles.

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

Resources

The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore the terminology associated with circles, developing and using formulas for circumference and arc length, area of circles, sectors and composite figures, and applications to real-life examples.

Introduction

Exploring circles – unit (DOCX 6.66 MB)

Lesson 1 – diameter and circumference

Diameter and circumference (DOCX 6.04 MB)

Lesson 2 – irrational numbers

Lesson 3 – applying circumference formula

Lesson 4 – arc length

Lesson 5 – perimeter of composite shapes

Lesson 6 – area of a circle

Lesson 7 – area of a sector

Lesson 8 – area of composite shapes

Lesson 9 – solving problems with circles

Year 8, Unit 16 – constructing cylinders

This 7-lesson program of learning addresses content from the focus areas of Volume and Equations.

Mathematics 7–10 units and assessments

Stage 4 and 5 – Mathematics units and assessment in line with the syllabus to be taught from 2024.

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