Scavenger Hunt Items

1. ________What is the value of pi to 100 or more decimal places?  (5 pts)

2.  ________Make a list of geometry terms (plus definitions) that all begin with the same letter (1 pt each, up to 15 max)

3. ________Find a website with a geometric logo. (5 pts)

4.  ________What are three devices used to measure angles? (10 pts)

5. ________Find a female mathematician, a male mathematician, and an African American mathematician.  Find their    nationality or country of origin, birthdate, and their contribution to the field of mathematics.(15 pts) 

6. ________Find a comic that involves math.  Print it out.  Why is it humorous? (10pts)

7. ________What is the number of regular hexagons and regular pentagons on an "official" soccer ball?  (10 pts)

8. ________Visit this site, print out and answer either the current Problem of the Week, or one from the archives.  (10 pts)

9. ________Locate a picture of a work of art, print it, and describe its geometric pattern(s) and/or component(s).  (5 pts)

10. ________Visit a website about "Pi Day".  When is it?  Describe an activity that has been done to celebrate Pi Day, OR email me a Pi Day greeting card at leahlynn79@msn.com.  (10 pts)

11. ________Go the following site about percentages: Shopping Dilemma Read this web page and answer the question(s). (10 pts)

12. ________Visit a Geometry Website of your choice.  Give its URL and a brief description of why you chose it or why it was interesting. (10 pts)

13. ________Find pictures of traffic signs and the various shapes of traffic signs.  What is the significance of each shape? (1 pt each, up to 5 max)

14. ________Type in the exact phrase, "if...then" into a search engine.  What concept pertaining to computers does the results seem to be about?  There is a third word that is often associated with if...then statements.  What is it?  (5 pts)

15. ________Create your own Geometry Scavenger Hunt item (just one clue) for the internet.  Give the URL of the website where the item can be found.  (10 pts)

Non-Internet Items (must be turned in on a 8 1/2 X 11 paper)

1. A classified ad for a surveyor, data analyst, accountant, or other math related field. (10 pts)

2. An advertisement that contains different sizes of the same shape. (10 pts)

3. An advertisement that contains vertical angles. (10 pts)

4. An advertisement with a conditional statement.(10 pts)

5. An advertisement that uses concentric circles (circles within circles with the same center). (10 pts)

TOTAL ESTIMATED POINTS: _____________ out of 185 pts.