Geometry powerpoint

Geometry

• Geometry is used all around us in several real-life situation

•We can find it simply by looking around at the various structures in our schools

•Putting geometry into this real-life perspective will help students relate on a more personal level, and

further understand various principles

Real Life Applications

•The word geometry comes from two Greek words – geos and metron, meaning earth and measure respectively

•It is the study of angles, triangles, perimeter, area and volume•The use of geometry was vital for ancient societies and was used for a variety of reasons, including building, navigation,

surveying and astronomy•Euclid, along with other mathematicians and philosophers,

wrote Euclidean geometry over 2000 years ago and this text is still being used today 

Geometry: A brief history of the term

Intricate geometric patterns can be found on screen designs in China

Muslim, Indigenous People, Aztec and Greek cultures all use or used geometric patterns in their architecture, pottery and

clothingGeometry can not only be linked to art, but also literature

with books like A Cloak for a Dreamer, by Alice Freidman, Big Ones, Little Ones by Tana Hoban and The Secret Birthday

Message by Eric Carle

Cultural and Cross Curricular Connections

Cultural and Cross Curricular Connections

A pyramid is a great example of a polyhedron for which the base is a polygon and all lateral faces are

triangles

Pyramid

The United States Department of Defence is a great example to show

students how architecture uses geometry

Pentagon

History of GeometryEgyptians c. 2000 – 500 B.C.E

Babylonians c. 2000 - 500 B.C.E

Euclidian geometry 400 C.E

Islamic Medieval Mathematics 662-1600 C.E

Early Renaissance Art -1400. C.E

Co-ordinate Geometry c. 1600 C.E.

Non-Euclidean Geometries c. early 1800 C.E