Circles Unit Portfolio

Unit Summary

Learning Statement
Tell the story of how you made sense of the different concepts throughout this unit. Be sure to hit all of the following talking points, and
include all activities/worksheets that are applicable.
1. How did you make sense of the distance and midpoint formulas. (Assignment: The Distance Formula)
2. How did you make sense of circle equations. (Assignment: Equation of a Circle, SAT/ACT Problems)
3. How did you make sense out of arc length and area of a segment and sector equations. (Assignment: Arc Length, Area of Sectors
and Segments, SAT/ACT Problems)

Part 1: Unit Summary Answers Here

Beautiful examples (Your assignment work Amazing Narratives ( Answers to each of How I feel about my preparedness:
here! Evidence) the Discussion Questions)

1.I followed the equations given to find the

equation of a circle which was
(x-a)^2+(y+b)^2. I found that the easiest
way to do this was not only just use the
equation but I tried to look at it and say that
we could see the a=x and b=y then you
would square root the radius. Then I would
plot the points that I was given. This was
fairly simple and I enjoyed using my
knowledge towards this topic.
2. I really enjoyed using the distance
formula because it was easier for me to
remember. I conjectured and tested more in
the beginning because it wasn't coming
together in my mind, so I began asking
questions and finding the solutions which
was really helpful when I noticed my
numbers were wrong.For this topic you
need to take the coordinates given and use
the (x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2 and you would
square root that equation to get the
distance.

3. In this equation you would take the

degree given, divide that by 360 because
that is the are of the whole circle, multiply
that by the equation 2(3.14)r and then the
radius will be given to you. This is how you
get the answer to finding arc length and
sector area when I did this topic I was
intimidated at first by the circles just by
looking at them. I think the Habit of a
mathematician I used was starting small.
This really gave me a chance to focus on
the actual equation/question instead of the
being focused on how to solve it in two
simple steps.