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New York State Standard G.G.49 - Exploring perpendicular bisectors of chords in circles.

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Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Triangles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
15 Minutes
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New York State Standard G.G.49 - Exploring perpendicular bisectors of chords in circles.

Activity Overview

The students will use the .tns document CHORDS to discover that the perpendicular bisectors of chords of a circle intersect at the center of the circle.

Before the Activity

  1. Download the .tns document CHORDS to handhelds using TI-Nspire Computer link software or Connect to Class software.
  2. Students should do the worksheet "Using TI-Nspire to Explore".

During the Activity

This activity is a lesson launcher for understanding the relationship between perpendicular bisectors of chords in a circle.

  1. Distribute the Student Worksheet for Chords and perpendicular bisectors.
  2. Students use the .tns document CHORDS to answer questions from student worksheet.

After the Activity

Review student results from worksheet.

Author
Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Triangles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
15 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
Resource Types
Lessons
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