1. Conic Sections
By: Kinsley Driver

2. Cones
Both are dimensional geometric shapes that taper from a base to a point called the vertex.
Snowcone
Traffic Cone

3. Parabolas
The St. Louis Arch- like a “U” shape of a quadratic function which opens downward
The curving main cables of a suspension bridge closely follow a parabola

4. Ellipses
Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capital building is elliptic. John Quincy Adams was the one to discover that he could easily eavesdrop on others conversations located near focal points.
When tilting a glass of water the surface of the liquid creates an elliptical outline

5. Circles
A Ferris wheel and a plate are both examples of circles

6. Hyperbolas
The cooling tower of a steam power plant has the shape of a hyperboloid, as well as the St. Louis Science Center (on right)