| Activities
PlaneMath
http://www.planemath.com/
This is a great site by NASA with math lessons for students. One lesson
is:
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Birds Eye View
http://www.planemath.com/activities/birdseye/birdseyehome.html
In this lesson you learn to find out where you are while flying a helicopter
by identifying the geometric shapes of buildings. To reach this activity
click on Lesson.
Shapes to build a Lighthouse
http://www.groton.k12.ct.us/WWW/cb/math.html
Here are directions on how to build a lighthouse with common items
that come in different familiar geometric shapes: cylinder, cone, rectangular
box, and square pyramid.
Geometry in Architecture
http://www.nycenet.edu/oit/math-kitecture/geometry.htm
This site has a great “movie” of a town with many geometric shapes.
Real-life Pictures of Geometry shapes in buildings
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006354/pictures.html
Pictures of Architecture [top]
Geometry Bus Tour Index
http://library.thinkquest.org/2755/
This site has a collection of pictures of buildings where the architecture
is filled with geometry.
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/
This site contains pictures of Renaissance and Baroques architecture.
SILS Art Image Browser
http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/
This is a database of art, architectural, and museum object images
from the University of Michigan. The images included in the database currently
come from four collections. The fastest and easiest way to find architecture
images is to: click on Browse the database, click on Object Type, click
on architecture. Examples:
The Art Server at the Australian National University
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/
The Art Server from the Department of Art History at the Australian
National University offers access to around 70,000 images all concerned
in some way with the history of art and architecture.
History of Western Architecture
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/hist.html
This site contains pictures of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, early Christian,
Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroques and Meso-American Architecture.
Great Buildings and Structures
http://architecture.about.com/cs/greatbuildings/index.htm?once=ture&
About.com’s page of architecture links
Capital district, New York State
http://www.rpi.edu/Regional/what_troy.html
This site contains pictures of buildings in Troy, New York.
Postcards Views of Troy, NY
http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/Archives/gallery/postcards/troy/public/public_pcs.html
This site contains postcards of buildings in Troy, New York.
National Building Museum
http://www.nbm.org/
Click on the Collections to see images of buildings. Also take
a look at the Links for resources on architecture.
Teacher Resources [top]
DoodleOpolis: Adventures in Urban Architecture
http://www.onlineclass.com/doodle/doodle.html
This is an online classroom where students study how they can use space
to create their physical world. There are some great links under Architecture
Resources and some interesting pictures under Student Work.
Geometry in Art & Architecture
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/
Click on Syllabus for links to sites that look at art and architecture.
Lesson Plans [top]
Building and Shapes: Make a Connection
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/STC/ccc/docs/3/buildings.htm
PBS Teachersource- Mathline-Architecture
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/architecture/activity2.shtm
Here are different activities that help students to see the geometry
shapes and designs of the world around them. |
