Lesson 1

Visualizing Circumference of a Circle

Elicit
What is perimeter? Get 9the
cm perimeter of the plane figures below.
7m
15 m

9 cm

5m

9m
10 m
24 m
18 cm
28 m
12 cm

15 cm
9 cm

How did you get the perimeter of all the plane figures?
Does a circle also have a perimeter?

Pause & Reflect

How well do I know this idea?
How prepared am I to move further to this lesson?

Engage
Can you make a hula hoop? How long is the plastic tubing used to make this? (illustrate two
children playing with a hula hoop)
What do you think is the circumference of this object?

Pause & Reflect

What do you want to know about the area of a circle?
Why do you want to learn this?

Explore
The hula hoop can be stretched out into a straight line. (illustrate a hula hoop.
illustrate a hula hoop that is straightened. The length of the straightened hoop is
scaled to 5 cm to 2 m. The length of straightened is 10 cm.)
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How long actually is the hula hoop? Its circumference is 2 meters.

The three circles below are traced from the lids of cans. They are rolled over a
ruler to measure their circumference.
(Illustrate 3 circles whose radii are 2 cm, 4 cm, and 6 cm. The 2-cm radii circle is
on the 12 cm mark, the 4-cm radii circle is on the 25 cm mark, and the 6-cm radii circle is
on the 38 cm mark.)
What happens to the circumference of circles as the length of radius or diameter becomes
longer?

Explain
When do you use circumference in your life? Talk with your seatmates and discuss the
following ideas.
1. Area is the number of square units it takes to cover a surface.
2. The perimeter or distance around a circle is called circumference.
3. The circumference of a circle increases as the diameter becomes longer.

Elaborate
Get a string and lay around the circumference of the circles. Find the circumferences
of the circles below. (illustrate the circles with these circumferences)
1. 7 cm
2. 10 cm

Enrich

3. 18 cm
4. 34 cm

5. 48 cm

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8.
Prepare at least 3 models to visualize circumference of a circle.
9.
Surf the internet or look for other sources like books, magazines, journals,
audio visual materials, tablets and computer applications. Look for more information and
exercises about visualizing the circumference of a circle. You may also refer to the CD
provided for this subject. Provide the following information taken from your source.
What information did you get?
Where did you get this information?
What exercises did you find?
What additional information did you learn?
10.
11.

Evaluate

12.
A. Test your KNOWLEDGE
13. Write True if the statement is correct, if not False.
14. 1. The circumference of a circle increases as it radius becomes shorter.
15. 2. The distance around the circle is called the perimeter.
16. 3. The circumference of a regular basketball is less than a meter.
17. 4. The length of the diameter is longer than the circumference of a circle.
18. 5. A boy ran around the circular field. The distance he ran is the circumference of
the field.
B. Test your UNDERSTANDING
19.
Examine the item/s in A that you thought is/are false. Explain why.
C. Show your PROCESS and SKILLS
20. With your partner, collect any three of the following circular objects and show
how you will get the circumference without using a measuring device: tin can,
analog clock, plate, tip of a cup, disks, or any circular object around you. Let
your partner be a witness of your ability to do this. How did you get the
circumference of the following objects? Which of the objects has the longest
circumference?

D. Show your PROCESS and SKILLS

21. Get two paper plates and put lace or ribbon on the edge of each plate. Measure
how long the lace or ribbon is to cover the whole edge of the two paper plates.
Can you tell the sum of the circumference of the two paper plates? Write the
circumference of the paper plate at the back. Transform these decorated paper
plates into a picture frame. This work is weighted 15 points each. 10 points for
the correctness of the circumference and 5 points for the visual appeal of your
work.

22.

Pause & Reflect

23. Are you happy with the result of your evaluation? Why?
24. What concepts are clear to you?
25. What concepts are still not clear to you?

26. What is the most desirable value or attitude that you have developed in this
lesson?
27.

Extend
28.
29. Look for five circular objects inside your house or classroom. Using the method

of putting a string around the circular object, get the circumferences of the
objects. Present the objects, diameter and circumference in a table.