Examples of Math in Nature Name: _________________
In the pictures below (include your own pictures), trace and label as many geometry terms as possible. See the list below for ideas. You are NOT limited to terms on the list.
Note: Students could also use the glossary in their text, their notes and/or the term lists at the end of each unit. Challenge students to use terms that are not obviously illustrated.
The assignment can be used as a short warm-up activity or as a longer assignment and completed in pairs or individually.
Geometry Terms: Altitude of a prism, Altitude of a trapezoid, Altitude of a triangle, Angle bisector, Angle of depression, Angle of elevation, Angle of Rotation, Angle, Arc of a circle, Area-Base of an isosceles triangle, Bases of a prism, Base of a pyramid, Base of a rectangle (or parallelogram), Central angle, Centroid, Chord of a circle, Circumcenter, Circumference, Collinear points, Complementary angles, Concave polygon, Concentric circles, Concurrent lines (segment of rays), Cone, Congruent, Congruent anges, Congruent circles-Congruent polygons-Congruent segments-Consecutive angles- Consecutive sides, Consecutive vertices, Convex polygon, Coplanar points, Corresponding angles, Cylinder, Inscribed angle, Inscribed circle in a polygon, Isosceles trapezoid, Isosceles triangle, Kite, Line segment or segment, Major arc, Measure of an angle, Median of a triangle, Midpoint of a triangle, Midpoint of a segment, Midsegment of a trapezoid, Minor arc, Monohedral tiling, N-gon, Nonagon, Nonvertex angles of a kite, Oblique cone, Oblique cylinder, Obique prism, Obtuse angle, Obtuse triangle, Octagon, Orthocenter, Outgoing angle, Parallel lines, Parallelogram,Pentagon, Perimeter of a polygon, Perpendicular bisector, Perpendicular lines, Perspective, Plane, Point, Point symmetry, Polygon, Polyhedron, Prism, Proportion, Pythagorean triple, Quadrilateral, Radius, Rectangle, Reflection, Reflectional symmetry, Regular hexagon, Regular polygon, Regular polyhedron, Regular tessellation, Remote interior angles of a triangle, Rhombus, Right angle, Right triangle, Rigid transformation or isometry, Rotation, Rotational symmetry, Scalene triangle, Sector of a circle, Segment bisector, Segment of a circle, Semicircle, Semiregular tessellation, Side of a polygon, Similar figures, Similar Polygons, Skew lines, Slant height of a pyramid, Slope of a line (or segment), Solid of revolution, Space, Sphere, Square, Supplementary angles, Surface area, Symmetry, Tangent to a circle, Tangent circles, Tessellation or tiling, Tetrahedron, Transformation, Translation, Translational Symmetry, Transversal, Trapezoid, Tree diagram, Triangle, Undecagon, Vector, Vertex angle of an isosceles triangle, Vertex angles of a kite, Vertex of a polygon, Vertical angles, Volume, Y-intercept