GREENVILLE LIBERTY SCHOOLS
6-10, Balogun Road, off Camp Davies Road, Balogun, Ayobo, Lagos.
LESSON PLAN WEEK: 9 TERM: 2nd. SESSION: 2023/2024
Teacher's Name: Mr. Jatto Emmanuel
Subject: Basic Technology Topic: Circles
Subtopic: definition, parts of a circle, construction
Class: JSS 2. Date: 4th - 8th Feb, 2024. of a circle with various specifications.
Period(s): 1 and 2. Duration: 40 minutes per period. Reference materials:
1. Scheme of work
2. Online information, Edudelight.com
3. MELROSE BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BOOK 2, page 83-85
4. NERDC- BASIC TECHNOLOGY BOOK 2, page 57-61
Instructional Materials: drawing paper, full
drawing set, board, pencils, thumb tacks and T-
square.
Knowledge Application: Many things we use in life are Key Words: circles, diameter, radius, chord,
circular from wedding rings, to car and motorcycle tyres, quadrant, secant, circumference, sector, arc.
plates, buckets, cups, hats, even the very earth we live in. Here
we learn all about circles and how to better inculcate them into
our everyday lives.
Behavioral Objectives: By the end of the lesson student
should be able to:
1. Define a circle Cross-Curricular Link: mathematics, Technical
2. Explain the different parts of a circle Drawing
3. Draw circles
Previous Knowledge: The students can use rulers,
compass, pencils and can draw circles and have
knowledge of it from mathematics.
Learning Activities in Steps: Evaluation:
1. Identification of the level of students prior idea of circles. 1. What is a circle?
2. Exploration of the concept, teacher takes the students
through the concept and intricacies of circles according to the 2. What are the parts of a circle?
subtopics.
3. Discussions, two way interactions between students and 3. What are the steps taken to inscribe a circle in a
teacher on the various aspects of circles revealed using actual triangle?
real life objects.
4. Application, the applying of the discussed principles in 4. What is the difference between a circumference
constructing circles and naming it's various parts , the teacher
and a diameter?
does the first construction in view of all the students.
5. Further discussions, students ask questions on areas of
confusion and gets answers from teacher
6. Evaluation, student are given class work and assignments
to evaluate the success of the lesson objectives
Assignment: Conclusion: The teacher concludes the lesson by
1. Draw a circle of diameter 80 mm and determine its centre. going over the topic taught and explains the salient
points for further understanding of the lesson topics.
2. Draw three circles of diameter 40mm touching each other
CONTENT
Summary
Circles are all around us, the tyres of cars, motorcycle, etc, roundabouts in our roads,
buckets, cups, plates etc, this lesson gives us an understanding of something we are
practically baptized in, in our everyday life. It teaches us their properties and how to create
them.
CIRCLE
A circle is a simple shape, consisting of those points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point – the
centre.
Origin : The centre of a circle.
Radius : The distance from the centre of a circle to any point on it.
Diameter : The longest distance from one end of a circle to the other. The diameter = 2 × radius (d = 2r).
Circumference : The distance around the circle.
Circumference = π × diameter .
Circumference = π × d = 2× π× r
Arc: a curved line that is part of the circumference of a circle.
The arc of a circle is measured in degrees or radians – for example 90°, (90/360) of 2πr – a quarter of the circle's
circumference
180°, (180/360) of 2πr – half of the circle.
The arc is smaller than 360° because that is the whole circle.
Chord : a line segment within a circle that touches 2 points on the circle.
Sector : is like a slice of pie (a circle wedge).
Tangent: a line perpendicular to the radius that touches ONLY one point on the circle.
sectors:
Semicircle: a sector made from half the area of a circle.
Quadrant: a sector made from a quarter of the area of a circle.
Segment: an area made from a chord and an arc of the circle. Each chord produces two segments: a major segment
(the large shape) and the minor segment (the small shape, like the one shaded in the picture above).
Secant: a line that touches and passes through two points on a circle’s circumference.
Cyclic quadrilateral: a four-sided shape whose four points touch the circumference of a circle.
How to draw a circle given the radius
Procedure
1. Draw the centre lines horizontal and the other vertical, to intersect each other at E at 90 0.
2. The point of intersection is the centre. With the compass at centre E, pick the given radius into the compasses.
3. The point of intersection E, is the centre of the circle. Place the pinpoint of the compasses on the centre and swing
the pencil round such that the pencil makes 3600 to give the circle.
How to construct a circle through a three points which are not on a straight line.
Procedure
1. Join the given points ABC with straight lines AB and BC.
2. Draw the perpendicular bisector of the two lines AB and BC to intersect at point D.
3. The point of intersection D is the centre of the circle. With point D as centre, set the pencil point of the compasses
to any of the three given point A, B or C
3. Swing your compass through the three points to produce the circle.
How to construct a series of circles touching one another on the two converging lines
Procedure
1. Copy the given converging lines AB and AC.
2. Bisect the angle between the converging lines BA and CA.
3. Draw a line from A to pass through D.
4. AE is the bisector, and the centre of the circles is located on the bisector.
5. Draw the largest circle by placing the point of the compasses somewhere on the bisector and adjust the pencil
point, until the required radius is obtained.
6. Draw a tangent FG to the circle at point of intersection between the circumference of the circle and the bisector .
7. Bisect the angle IJA
8. Draw a line through point K to intersect main bisector AE at L.
Note that point L is the centre for smaller circle.
9. With centre L draw the smaller circle to touch the bigger circle tangentially.
How to find centre of a circle
Procedure
1. Draw the given circle.
2. Draw any two chords AB and AC.
3. Bisect lines AB and AC. The bisecting lines will intersect at O.
5. O is the centre of the circle.
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A CIRCLE TO TOUCH THREE GIVEN LINES
Procedures
1. Draw the three given lines.
2. Bisect the two angles.
3. The Bisecting lines should be extended to intersect at O.
4. O is the centre of the required circle.
5. Draw a line perpendicular to any side from centre O to give A.
6. With centre O and radius OA draw the required circle.
