Unit Circle Activities
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Looking for the perfect activity to help your students practice the unit circle? Check out these 7 engaging unit circle activities I use with my pre-calculus students during our trigonometry unit.
Activities to Learn the Unit Circle
Deriving the Unit Circle Foldable
Several years ago, I created this deriving the unit circle foldable for my trigonometry students to work through and glue in their interactive notebooks.
Unit Circle Paper Plate Activity
Make the unit circle memorable with this unit circle paper plate activity.
Unit Circle Project Examples
After years of seeing other teachers share pictures of the unit circle projects their students created, I decided to finally take the plunge. I assigned my trig students the task of creating a visual representation (2d or 3d) of the unit circle in lieu of a semester test in trigonometry. Check out the results!
Unit Circle Magnets
I created these unit circle magnets to use with my dry erase magnetic unit circle from EAI Education. I plan to use the magnets both as a way to have a large unit circle on the wall of my classroom and for various activities throughout the year.
Fill in the Blank Unit Circle Chart
I created this fill-in-the-blank unit circle chart for my pre-calculus classes to use as they practice constructing the unit circle from memory.
Games to Practice Using the Unit Circle
Leap Frog Game for Evaluating Trig Functions
This Leap Frog style game gives students much-needed practice evaluating trig functions using the unit circle.
Unit Circle Bingo Game
I decided to create a Unit Circle Bingo Game to give my Pre-Calculus students some much-needed practice with evaluating trig functions using the unit circle. Technically, this is more of a game of connect 4 than bingo, but bingo just sounds more fun.
Activity Solutions
Activity and worksheet solutions are available on a password-protected solution page. I do not openly post the answer keys because one of my goals as a resource creator is to craft learning experiences for students that are non-google-able. I want teachers to be able to use these activities and resources in their classrooms without the solutions being found easily on the Internet.
Please email me at sarah@mathequalslove.net for the password to the answer key database featuring all of my printable puzzles and math worksheets. I frequently have students emailing me for the answer key, so please specify in your email what school you teach at and what subjects you teach. If you do not provide these details, I will not be able to send you the password.
