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The Geometry Guy Show
GeometryGuy
With your Host
In addition to the Geometry Guy Show, Don has taught a number of college math courses:
▪ College Algebra ▪ Linear Analysis ▪ Quantitative Math ▪ Calculus I, II
▪ Developmental Math (algebra & trigonometry) ▪ Computers in Science
The Geometry Guy Show is a hands-on math course for kids featuring fun and exciting uses for math in everyday life, science, art, business, sports and other interesting areas. Geometry Guy has many years of experience showing kids that math concepts and principles are really easier to understand than they generally think.
This is a highly interactive show with many thought-provoking applications of math. Come join the fun!
The Geometry Guy Math Education Show features hands-on math demonstrations along with math jokes, rhymes, riddles, puzzles & stories. So much fun, so little time.
“What’s your angle?” asked the circle of the triangle.
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Geometry
keeps you in
Shape
A trip around the Circle is sure to please.Each time around any good old circle is three hundred and sixty degrees: 360°
The Square is a very useful shape,Having four sides of equal measure.With each angle like the other three, The square truly is a treasure.
“Give me Five.” said the Pentagon.
Five sides and five angles will do.
One for the bottom, two for the sides and two for the top:
Thank you.
The Isosceles Triangle has a funny name.It has three sides like other triangles,But now, Two sides are the same.
The Equilateral Triangle, has all three sides the same.Since each angle, is like the other two,Equi-angular is also its name.
Isosceles
A triangle with three sides of different length, is really rather keen, It’s not Equilateral or Isosceles,But instead it’s called Scalene.
Equilateral
Scalene
Right Triangle
The Right Triangle is a special one,Of great importance, near and far.The Right Angle, is opposite the Hypotenuse and called Perpendicular.Mighty is geometry; joined with art,
resistless.
− Euripides. 480? - 406 BC
The Triangle expert was sometimes acute, and occasionally obtuse, but always right when it came to having fun with triangles. You can too.
H. R. Jacobs, Geometry, 3rd edition, W. H. Freeman & Co., 2003
To add fun and excitement to math education, Geometry Guy has created the GeomeTroids “The Friendly GeomeToys.” From simple geometry, the GeomeTroids come to life:
PennyPentagon
Sir Circle
Trixie Triangle
Mr. Cube
CycloCylinde
r
HillaryHexagon
OctavioOctago
n
ConnyCone
DodeeDodeca
-Hedron
HemilockHemisphere
Hello friends:I’m Sven Sphere. Let me introduce you to my friends:
The GeomeTroids“The Friendly GeomeToys.”
Sir Circle Hillary Hexagon
Octavio Octagon Penny Pentagon
Hemi-lock Hemisphere Trixie Triangle
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Mr. Cube
Mr. Cube
V= s3
s3
Constable Cone
Triangle
Cyclo Cylinder
V=πr2h
V = πr2h
A = 2rh
A=
2rh
GeomeToysAt home.
GeomeToysAt a school.
Sir Circle
Trixie Triangle
Penny Pentagon
Hillary Hexagon
Octavio Octagon
Cyclo Cylinder
Constable Cone
Hemi-lockHemisphere
Mr. Cube
DodeeDodecahedro
n
Geometry Guy has turned the GeomeTroids “The Friendly GeomeToys” into clay, including three new geometric characters and the symbol Pi:
Trudy Trapezoid Squeaky Square
Hey, Geometry Guy, let’s see the rest of the GeomeTroids “The Friendly GeomeToys.”
Paisano Pi
Ellie Ellipse
GeomeTroids “The Friendly GeomeToys.” Clay
Figures.
Clay Figures.
Trudy Trapezoid
Penny Pentagon
Trixie Triangle
Ellie Ellipse
Hemi-lock Hemisphe
re
Clay Figures.
Sir Circle Squeaky Square
Paisano Pi
Clay Figures.
Octavio Octagon
Hillary Hexagon
Paisano Pi
Ellie Ellipse
Trudy Trapezoid
The Geometry Kids are another fun addition to the Geometry Guy Math Education Show.
The Geometry Kids are the basic geometric shapes in moldable clay.
Circle SquareTriangle
Ellipse
Pentagon Hexagon Octagon
The Geometry Kids
Without their hats.
For those geometers with a “sweet tooth” Geometry Guy has created Silly Shapes lollipops.
Silly Shapes “Geometry Pops” Lollipops
Eight different shapes with silly faces.
As one mother said: “My daughter has a pretty firm grasp on what a circle, triangle, square, rectangle and oval look like. However, when she gets into more diverse shapes such as hexagons and octagons…well, she starts to have some trouble with them.
Thanks to Silly Shapes Lollipops, she’s now learning shapes and enjoying them: Yum! Yum!Who knew Math could be Fun and Delicious?!!
Silly Shapes Lollipops: http://about.me/SillyShapesLollipops
Geometry Guy also gives workshops on building Geometry Toys from simple materials.
Sven Sphere
Cyclo Cylinder Penny
Pentagon
DodeeDodecahedr
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Trixie Triangle
Hillary Hexagon
Sir Circle
Mr. Cube Octavio Octagon Constabl
eCone
Hemi-lockHemisphe
re
Cosmologists (scientists who study the Cosmos) ask questions such as: “What is the geometry of the Universe?”