Yesterday when we left the house I had planned to look for “math” on our trip to New York City. I have a tendency to spot symmetrical objects/scenes and tessellations as I view the world and I just thought that Thursday would not be any different than other days. The first leg of our journey was on SEPTA from Morton to 30th Street in Philadelphia. I noticed the floor runner between the aisles of seats. I didn’t take a photo of it but when I got off the train, I took this photo:
It took me some time to fully realize what the dominant mathematical theme for the day would be. Once I got over the fact that tessellations were not going to dominate, I took these photos:
I should have had a clue when I chose what to wear in the morning!
Now *this* is the kind of post that should be tagged #wcydwt (especially if you remove the title of the post).
Thank you for the suggestion, Joshua. How’s my adjustment?
Looks great. I’d be fascinated to see what kinds of questions kids come up with, and what kinds of things they see as unifying themes for most or all of these photos.