Wheel Around Circle

Extending our work with the wheel on the x-axis, we will now roll the wheel around the circle. Interestingly enough, it’s nor so easy for the students to figure out the rate at which the wheel should rotate as it revolves around the circle.

Curriculum Expectations

  • Use of Mathematical Processes

  • Strand D: Trigonometric Functions

    • 2. Connecting Graphs and Equations of Sinusoidal Functions

    • 3. Solving Problems Involving Sinusoidal Function