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Rolling Cans
Students discover for themselves the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle.
| Subject: Mathematics Topics: Geometry (circles) Grades: 4 – 7 Concepts: - Diameter - Circumference - pi Knowledge and Skills: - Understands and can apply the formula "circumference = pi x diameter” |
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Bicycle Design
When GT Bicycle Designer Forest Yelverton gets to work designing the latest bike for kids or the US Olympic Cycling Team, his ability to think with the math and geometry he learned in school makes all the difference. Take a look.
Running time 2:32 minutes.
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