Geometry in the World Around You

Project: Geometry Photo Album Due Date: Sept. 27 (Tuesday) (NO LATE PROJECTS ACCEPTED. Plan ahead.)

Mission: Create a photo essay of geometry in the world around you. Seek out and photograph visual models of specific geometric figures and concepts that we will study in this year’s geometry class. Geometry abounds in the "real world." This project will heighten your awareness of the geometry that is all around you.

Photo Requirements: Find and photograph the items below (18 photos). When taking your pictures, include yourself, a friend, family, or some signature item to personalize and identify the photos as your original work. Pictures may not be taken from the Internet or from another student - original work only!

Geometry Concepts   parallel and perpendicular (2 photos - one of each) 2D Polygons & Circle   triangles (2 photos of different types - choose from right, isosceles, or equilateral)   quadrilaterals (2 photos of different types - choose from square, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, rhombus, or kite)     2 convex and 2 concave polygons with 5 to 12 sides (4 photos - each with a different numbers of sides)  circle or semicircle (1 photo) 3D Solids ( 7 photos - not the same type of object)   prisms   pyramids  cylinders More points will be earned if the bases  cones on the prisms and pyramids are different.  spheres

Do not use the same location for more than 3 photos. Places to consider are schools, churches, parks, city library or city hall, sports areas, shopping centers, business buildings, or homes.

Photo Album Requirements: 1. Organize your photo album in the order shown above. Use 1 page for each of the check boxes above (which means you'll have 10 photo pages with 1-4 photos per page). 2. Label the page with the category of figures shown (for example, PARALLEL/PERPENDICULAR CONCEPTS or TRIANGLES or CONVEX POLYGONS or CONES). 3. Under each photograph, write or type the name of the object, its geometric shape, and the location where the picture was taken. Use complete sentences. (For example: The lampshade in the photo is a truncated cone. This is in my friend’s living room on Duncan Drive.) 4. Prepare a Title Page as your cover sheet. Include a creative name for your project, followed on the next line by First Semester Geometry Project. Skip some lines and put your name followed by Geometry, Period __, followed by the date. 5. Prepare a Table of Contents showing the order of your photos. 6. Following the photo pages, include a page with a Summary of your project work and anything you noticed or learned about the shapes.