Geometry Scavenger Hunt

Geometry Scavenger Hunt Coty King

Internet Items 1. What is the value of pi to 100 or more decimal places? 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 (10 points) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

2. Make a list of geometry terms that all begin with the same letter. Write a sentence for each one correctly using the term. Acute angle-an angle whose measure is greater than 0 but less than 90 degrees Adjacent angles-2 nonstraight and nonzero angles that have a common side in the interior of the angle Alternate exterior angles –exterior angles on alternate sides of the tranversal http://library.thinkquest.org/2647/geometry/glossary.htm

(1 point each...up to 15 max)

3. What are the Platonic Solids and what do they look like? Solids have been known to us for thousands of years. These five special polyhedra are the tetrahedron, the cube, the octahedron, the icosahedron, and the dodecahedron.

(15 points) http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~sudzi/polyhedra/platonic.html

4. What are the names of 2 types of Non-Euclidean Geometries? The two commonly mentioned non-Euclidean geometries are hyperbolic geometry and ellptic geometry (10 points) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_names_of_Non-Euclidean_Geometries

5. How many books in Euclid's Elements ? What is the title of Book Thirteen? 13 (10 points) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid's_Elements

6. Find a web site/ envelope/ letterhead/ business card with a geometric logo. Monroe

County High School (10 points) http://www.monroe.kyschools.us/

7. What are 3 devices used to measure angles? A square and a compass, and as mentioned above, a protractor (15 points) http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/133797 8. Find 3 female mathematicians. What is their nationality or country, birth date and what was their contribution to math and science? (15 points)

Hypatia of Alexandria-Greek philosopher, astronomer

Amalie Emmy Noether-1882-1935 German, Jewish, American

Alicia Stott-1860-1940 English - mathematician

9. What is a tessellation? Include a picture of a tessellation. (10 points)

A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps.

http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html

10. Find a comic that involves math. Print it out. Tell me why it is humorous? (15 points)

11. What is the number of hexagons and pentagons on an "official" soccer ball?

Their are 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons http://wiki.answers.com/Q/

(10 points)

12. Locate a picture of a work of art, print it and describe its geometric pattern(s). (10 points)

13. Visit a Web site about "Pi Day". When is it? Describe an activity that has been done on Pi Day OR e-mail me a Pi day Greeting Card. ([email protected]) (10 points)

14. Visit the following web site A Plus Math and play MATHO or the Hidden Picture game.

Give a brief description of your individual game [ex: what was the hidden picture, what was your time and type of MATHO (vertical, horizontal, oblique)] (10 points)

15. Visit the Math in Daily Life web site. Pick an activity, explore the activity and write a summary of what you did and learned from it. (15 points)

16. Visit a Geometry Web Site of your choice. Give its URL and a brief description of why you chose it/ why it is interesting. (10 points)

17. Find pictures of traffic signs and the various shapes of traffic signs. State what is the significance of each shape. (1 point each...up to 10 max)

18. Create your own scavenger hunt item for the Internet. Give the URL of the Web site where this item can be found. (10 points)