Task 1:

Now work with a partner and construct one or more of the shapes out of coffee stirrers and twist ties, straws and pipe cleaners, toothpicks and gumdrops, or other available supplies.

When you make a solid, look at one like it on the computer. Record how you constructed each solid in the table below.

 

Shape	How did you construct the shape?
Dodecahedron
Icosahedron
Octahedron
Tetrahedron
Irregular Polyhedron
Cube

Task 2:

Build a solid shape of your own. Record your shape and information about it in the two previous tables.

Click here to continue on with the investigation.

 

Getting to Know the Shapes	Study the Shapes	Look for Patterns	Construct a Solid	Make a Jacket

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