Finding Geometry in the Everyday Environment - Sept. 12-16, 1994 Braulio and Bonita were walking home from the first day of school and had just turned down their street when Bonita said, "Wow, I'm seeing geometry everywhere now!" -Braulio said, "Really? Like what?" -"It wouldn't be fun if I told you," said Bonita. "I bet there's so much geometry around here that if we each made a list, they'd be completely different." -"Okay," said Braulio. "Let's find out." So they wrote down the rules of the game, promising to meet before school in the morning and compare lists. The rules were: Make a list of things you can find in your everyday environment that have different "geometric" properties ("geometric" can mean a lot of things to different people - we want to know what _you_ think). Give special attention to objects that are natural, that is, occur in nature. Next to the object's name in your list write the properties that you think are illustrated by it. Which object on your list do you think is "the most geometric?" What makes it so? We're hoping that some of you will come up with some unique objects and properties that others might not think of in making their lists. Interesting solutions to the problem were submitted by: Pat Daley's Class at Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Connecticut Judy Young's Class at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California Ruth Carver's Class at Mount St. Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pennsylvania Keith Grove's Class at Dover- Sherborn High School in Dover, Massachusetts Next problem || Previous problem || Table of Contents || Forum Home Page