I've got that GeScott's Bug Project
By Scott
Mrs. Powell's Honor's
Geometry
A Bugs Story
My bugs name is Hepy, because his body is
a heptagon. He has big eyes, is very colorful, and has silver wings. His beak is a
triangle with three sides. The head is also a triangle with three sides. His eyes are two
big circles and his thorax is somewhat of a heptagon that has seven sides. His abdomen is
a quadrilateral that has four sides.
The main
concept of this bug is that it is fast, quick and aerodynamic. I gave him a triangular
beak so he can get his tongue into a flower very easily to get nectar the way a butterfly
does. I gave him a triangular head to make him aerodynamic when flying. I gave my bug a
heptagon body. The thorax is a heptagon and the abdomen is a quadrilateral. I gave my bug
these shapes because the total body is aerodynamic and attaches to the head very well. The
legs are ovals with flat ends on them and therefore attached to the thorax. The segments
of the legs meet at an acute angle at the body and then spread out to obtuse angles.
Hepy lives
in a Tropical Rainforest where he flies to different flowers sucking the nectar though its
beak for food. The bright colors help him in two ways. One is that the bright colors
attract the female insects so he can find a mate easily. The colors also warn predators
that he is very poisonous to eat. His big eyes allow him to see well at night so he can
get away from predators like bats. The best part though is his silver wings. They are fast
and strong so he can move quickly if needed.
One of
geometrical challenges he faces is that since his beak is a sucking structure he
cant eat plants and leaves. Also, because he doesnt have sticky legs, he
cant land upside down on walls and plants. The last challenge he has is that he
cant swim or get wet because if his wings get wet than he cant fly anywhere
until they dry off. Hepy has a great life as this speedy, colorful, flying bug.
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