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The Story of Pi

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Visit this site: http://www.projectmathematics.com/storypi.htm
Author:Project MATHEMATICS!, California Institute of Technology
Description: A videotape-and-workbook module that explores a basic topic in high school mathematics in ways that cannot be done at the chalkboard or in a textbook. Although pi is the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle, it appears in many formulas that have nothing to do with circles. Animated sequences dissect a circular disk of radius r and transform it to a rectangle of base pi*r and altitude r. Animation shows how Archimedes estimated pi using perimeters of approximating polygons.
Levels: High School (9-12)
Languages: English
Resource Types: Multimedia, Video, Lesson Plans and Activities, Textbooks
Math Topics: Pi, Higher-Dimensional Geometry, Triangles and Other Polygons
Math Ed Topics: Audiovisual/Multimedia, Curriculum/Materials Development

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