Math Tracks™: Going on a Geometry Scavenger Hunt
On this Math Track™, you’re going to go on a geometry scavenger hunt. The goal is to
find as many examples of geometric concepts as you can, earning points and learning
new terms & ideas along the way.
Items Needed:
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Smart phone or digital camera
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Internet access or good geometry textbook to use as a reference
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Something to take notes as you go tracking
Geometry Scavenger Hunt List
Concept
Undefined terms
Polygons
Visual Patterns
Angles
Slope
Special lines
Constructions
Circles
Triangles
Congruence
Area / Perimeter
Tessellations
Symmetry
Volume
Similarity
Trigonometry
3-D objects
Transformations
Isometries
Description
Find examples of Euclid’s 3 undefined terms
Find 5 non-triangular polygons
Find 3 different geometric patterns
Find examples of an acute, obtuse, & right angle
Find two examples of slope, one steep & one not
Find examples for parallel and perpendicular lines
Find an example of an angle or segment bisector
Find an example of a chord and a tangent
Find examples for isosceles and scalene triangles
Find an example of 3 or more congruent objects
Find 2 examples, one for area and one for perimeter
Find 2 examples of tessellations, one must be regular
Find 3 examples of different types of symmetry
Find an example of volume
Find an example of similarity that illustrates scale
Find 4 examples of right triangles
Find examples of a sphere, cylinder, pyramid, & prism
Find an example of a dilation
Find examples of translation, reflection, and rotation
Points
15
25
15
15
10
10
5
10
10
5
10
10
15
5
5
20
20
5
15
Award Levels
Award Level
Junior Adventurer
Master Tracker
Expert Explorer
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Points Required
135
170
200
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