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Geometry In Art and Architecture
Pictures can be used to illustrate geometry shapes in art and the real
world. Many of the following images are from
SI Art Image Browser,
Mark Harden's Artchive,
New York
Architecture in Images,
Artcyclopedia and
Architecture
and Interior Design for 20th Century American from the
Library of Congress
American Memory Collections :
Cubist: [top]
Architecture [top]
Objects: [top]
Activities with Geometry
[top]
Bird's Eye View
http://www.planemath.com/activities/birdseye/birdseyehome.html
Learn to fly a helicopter by identify geometric shapes of buildings. This
site is part of a NASA project
PlaneMath , designed "to stimulate and motivate students with physical
disabilities in grades 4-7 to pursue aeronautics-related careers via the
development and delivery of accessible math education materials on the
Internet."
Polygon
Page
Learn the definition of a polygon, how they are named and then answer
questions about polygons.
Geometry In The Real-World
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006354/pictures.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0403
A great page --- pictures of everyday objects with the geometric shape
these objects are make of outlined in red.
Math Forum, Ask Mr. Math
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/problems/geometry.project.html
"This project consists of thinking of 3 examples of geometry in the real
world
Definitions [top]
A Math's Dictionary
for Kids by Jenny Eather
Euclid's
Element
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/toc.html
table of contents, pictures and definitions for some of the geometric
terms. Show how definitions can be enhanced with Java to illustrate the
math term.
Math League
Help Topics-Geometry
http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/geometry.htm
This site contains definitions and illustrations that cover basic geometry
terms, angles and angle terms, figures and polygons, area and perimeter,
coordinates and similar figures, space figures and basic solids.
Other Shapes
http://schools.ci.burbank.ca.us/~luther/sum97/20geo/othershape.html
Pictures of pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and decagon .
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